Comment Re:X11 and top Re:No overhead savings (Score 1) 191
Actually, as an example, the voodoo3 driver maps the videocard memory three times.
Thus, if you have a typical Voodoo3 card with 16Mb ram, X will be at least 48Mb large when it's started. That's while it's using no memory at all.
Thus, if you have a typical Voodoo3 card with 16Mb ram, X will be at least 48Mb large when it's started. That's while it's using no memory at all.
