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Why my 512mb 8800 GT video card shows as 2.0gb in syst requi. labs

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cyberman86   10-02-2008 at 07:41:41 PM

:sol: I have a Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.8ghz, 4gb Ram, and 512mb Geforce 8800 GT

I used to have 2gb of ram in my system and when i went to system requirements lab it marked my 8800 gt video card as 1gb.

Later i upgraded my system ram to 4gb and when i went to the website again it marked my video card as 2.2gb.

How does this Work? Is my system Ram proportional to my video card ram?

please don't tell me just its wrong, but tell me why.

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Kari   10-02-2008 at 08:00:45 PM
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you went where?

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cyberman86   10-02-2008 at 08:03:08 PM
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systemrequirementslab.com

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evongugg   10-02-2008 at 08:06:40 PM
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RAM has nothing to do with video RAM of a discrete card.
You RAM should be recognized as 3.5-3.7 if you have a 32-bit system, 4 GB if you have a 64-bit system.
The video RAM of the video card does not change unless you buy a new card.

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blackwidow_rsa   10-02-2008 at 08:06:49 PM
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Vista shares some of the system ram with the gfx card. It's almost like turbocache.

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evongugg   10-02-2008 at 08:08:13 PM
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Use Everest, HWInfo or other software rather than that site.

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Kari   10-02-2008 at 08:09:15 PM
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so some halfarsed website is showing wrong your config... big deal...
Heres hoping you didn't get too nasty trojans from that website :P

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xxcoop42xx   10-02-2008 at 08:14:44 PM
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i know what the OP is talking about, i use "can you run it" also and i have a 896MB GTX 260 Core 216 and it says my video ram is 2.1GB. i also run vista premium

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Dekasav   10-02-2008 at 09:14:10 PM
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Listen to BlackWidow, he knows what he's talking about.

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invisik   10-02-2008 at 10:19:46 PM
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blackwidow_rsa wrote :

Vista shares some of the system ram with the gfx card. It's almost like turbocache.


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