video memory loss problem

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My 64M graphics card shows about 4MB used, as expected.

Roughly: 600*800 = 'half a million'. Then 4 bytes per pixel and two buffers.

Why does yours show 22MB used? It's hard to say. I assume it's just the way the driver manages things. Maybe it allocates a block of memory to itself as a kind of graphics 'swap file'.