With any high-end graphics card, that is indeed distinct from system RAM. These days only the cheapest cards (or integrated graphics chipsets -- stay away!) use system RAM.
That said, it's not common to see more than 2GB of graphics memory, even on high-end cards. Not yet, at least. 1GB or less is the common standard. I'd advise against anything less than 512MB, personally.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
That said, it's not common to see more than 2GB of graphics memory, even on high-end cards. Not yet, at least. 1GB or less is the common standard. I'd advise against anything less than 512MB, personally.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs