Quick questions about video memory

Gwmaster

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2005

Canada/Quebec

N/

so my rig has a geforce8800 gtx Oc 768mg video ram..but when i run a test with the system req lab to see if i can run crysis or other games, it tells me i have 1.5g...


i want to know if it is true i have that much video ram..or is this site shting me

Blackhearted

Blackhearted

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio, usa

none

Mo/

Grab a little app called GPU-Z. It'll easily tell you what you need to know.

Personally i've found system requirements lab to be less than accurate quite a few times myself.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

The 768meg on the GeForce is sort of an odd-ball size. It's likely that the program is fooled by some quirk of the memory structure. The card
"only" has 768meg.

Gorebrex

Gorebrex

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

Im thinking its the DDR(Double Data Rate) doing it. 768 X 2 = 1.536 MB. It may be reading its speed, and misinterpreting it as double the actual number.