Quote Originally Posted by 'Taipan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=31987#post31 987
- Main WoW client in windowed-mode, 1680 * 1050 res : approx 150mo gfx ram used.
- One alt client in windowed-mode, 830 * 525 res : approx 50mo each (I did an increment launch)
- Main Wow on screen 1 and 4 Alts on screen 2 : approx 350mo total.
Note : you can actually see the GFX Ram drop from 150mo to 50mo when you resize your main client from full screen to 1/4 of screen.
This would actually explain (possibly?) why the smaller windows work fine on my system and the larger one runs like pooh... the smaller windows are likely transmitting less data across to system ram... or since I launch them first they are actually consuming the 256mb of video ram and then the bigger (1680x1050) window suffers because it's straddling system ram...

If I didn't have raid tonight I'd fire up my box in XP and get some numbers on my setup before I put my 8800gt in... but i have raid nearly immediately after coming home.