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Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: EtchASketchClock on November 15, 2009, 02:06:59 PM
I am about to get Dead Space through this one game trading site, so I went and tested my PC with canyourunit and I was shocked at this odd stat I found:
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fy10np3%2Fram.jpg&hash=d4a782b16b145ba19e9250d5797da724e563fb1d)
My card is supposed to be a mere 512mb but that doesn't seem to be the case.
:wiebel:
Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: Mashed Potato Johnson on November 15, 2009, 02:18:30 PM
Did you try it twice?
Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: EtchASketchClock on November 15, 2009, 02:42:44 PM
Quote from: Gogâs;1692257Did you try it twice?
It does it for any game I check through the site.
Is there any software or way I can check my video RAM to see if its just a site error?
Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: buttplug on November 15, 2009, 03:05:25 PM
Must be a site error. The only cards that have that much memory cost like > $1000.
Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: EtchASketchClock on November 15, 2009, 03:42:50 PM
Well I was curious and Googled it and turns out the extra RAM was "Shared System Memory" which is a feature of Vista.
I guess having a full 4gb installed on 32bit makes the extra, capped RAM spill over. Neato.
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fy10np3%2Fshared.jpg&hash=1b6d9f7069783241518fede56e2fa9a6df33c788)
Title: No more PC forum so: 1.7gb video card ram??
Post by: TequilaClock on November 15, 2009, 04:03:32 PM
I got an nVidia GeForce GT 220, and so far it can run any game I got. Not sure about Crysis, perhaps I could try.