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direct memory execute
Last modified: Friday, October 29, 2004
Direct Memory Execute (Abbreviated as DIME; also called AGP texturing) is an important feature of AGP. It allows video cards to access your systems main memory for texture mapping rather than pre-loading the texture data to the graphics card's memory.
Video Memory Technologies Provides a detailed look at the various memory technologies (DRAM, EDO, VRAM, WRAM, SGRAM, and MDRAM) used on video cards. Also contains a comparison of the most common video memory technologies. This page is from "The PC Guide."
The ABCs of Graphics Cards Provided by Matrox Graphics Inc., this section of their Web site features a quick reference section and a glossary of terms commonly used in the graphics industry and what they mean.
