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Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help

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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message news:isflmd$2du$1@dont-email.me...
> Adam wrote:
> > "Aragorn" <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:isf2hj$atp$2@dont-email.me...
> >> On Sunday 05 June 2011 06:49 in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, somebody
> >> identifying as Adam wrote...
> >>
> >>> "Aragorn" <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> wrote in message
> >>> news:isen30$cn0$5@dont-email.me...
> >>>
> >>>> On Saturday 04 June 2011 22:06 in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, somebody
> >>>> identifying as Adam wrote...
> >>>>
> >>>>> System:    ASUS N61JQ laptop
> >>>>> RAM:    8 GB
> >>>>> Graphics:    ATI Radeon Mobility 5730 (1 GB DDR3 VRAM)
> >>>>> Host OS:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> >>>>> Guest OS:    Windows XP Pro SP3 (via VirtualBox)
> >>>>> Base Memory:    4096 MB (?)
> >>>>> Video Memory:    128 MB (?)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Given the following ...
> >>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How much base and video memory is recommended for
> >>>>> Windows XP Pro SP3?
> >>>> You did not state what you intend to do inside the Windows virtual
> >>>> machine.  Personally I would recommend about 512 MB to 1 GB base
> >>>> memory and about 64 MB video memory.  These numbers correspond to the
> >>>> specifications of a pretty decent home/office computer at the time
> >>>> Windows XP was released.
> >>>>
> >>>> [...]
> >>> Thanks, and good point.  I primarily run the system in WinXP since
> >>> I'm a relative newbie in Ubuntu.  So, I do practically everything
> >>> there.
> >> In that case, I would advise reserving some 2 GB of main system memory,
> >> and perhaps 128 MB to 256 MB for video memory (if you're going to be
> >> doing OpenGL stuff or gaming in the virtual machine - for which you
> >> will need hardware virtualization extensions anyway as it will be too
> >> slow without them).  That should give you a very royal amount of
> >> headroom. ;-)
> >>
> >> --
> >> *Aragorn*
> >> (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
> >
> >
> > Hmmm ... I wonder why VirtualBox only allows 128 MB max for video memory.
> > Yeah, royal ... I like that.    :-)
> >
>
> See the bottom posting here.
>
> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8319&start=0
>
>     Paul


Thanks, here's the post referred to here ...
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Re: More video memory?
by Perryg » 8. Jun 2010, 17:15

The original post was old. VBox has increased the top to 256MB. You should be
able to change it in the GUI or by CLI.
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> [--vram <vramsize in MB>] Up to 256MB not more.
It is restricted to no more then 256 MB
=====================================================================

My VBox GUI (v4.0.8 r71778) only goes up to 128 MB max for video memory.
Can't increase it further via the GUI, which I would like to be able to do.
How do I make my GUI version allow more than 128 MB video memory?
Don't I already have the latest GUI version?

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how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 13:06 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-04 21:37 -0400
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:25 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 03:45 +0200
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 21:49 -0700
      Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 07:00 +0200
        Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:30 -0700
          Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-05 06:27 -0400
            Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:04 -0700
              Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:23 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 18:00 -0400
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 18:16 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-05 22:21 +0000
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 17:36 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:44 +0000

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