onboard graphics for server?

[Gavin McCullagh]

Hi,

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Krsnendu dasa wrote:

> Would it make any difference if the server has a graphics card onboard or if
> it has a dedicated card?

Not really.

> As the graphics card on the server will rarely be used I guess it will not
> make any difference, but I thought I would ask. I was thinking that if the
> graphics card shares memory with the system it might steals some of the ram
> even if it does not really need it.

Maybe, but if it's 8MB you probably won't notice it.  You can usually
dictate the amount of video ram shared in the bios but it's likely to be
quite a small amount anyway.

Gavin