512 Mb video card is reported to have 1024 Mb???

[~misfit~]

CPU-Z reports 1024 Mb video.

Yeah, but he didn't say CPU-Z did he? CPU-Z is designed to give the most
accurate info about the CPU (odd that) and cursoty info about the rest of
the system.

*G*PU-Z does the same for the GPU. My laptop has some stupid ATI
'Hypermemory' thing going on where CPU-Z, DX-diag and most other hardware
diagnostics report twice as much VRAM as is actually there, as the system
can use sysRAM to 'top-up' VRAM. GPU-Z is the only utility that I know (or
rather that I use) that accurately reports physical VRAM.

If you're going to ask for help please don't glibly ignore one of the best
really helpful things posted.
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

 

[DK]

Yeah, but he didn't say CPU-Z did he? CPU-Z is designed to give the most
accurate info about the CPU (odd that) and cursoty info about the rest of
the system.

*G*PU-Z does the same for the GPU. My laptop has some stupid ATI
'Hypermemory' thing going on where CPU-Z, DX-diag and most other hardware
diagnostics report twice as much VRAM as is actually there, as the system
can use sysRAM to 'top-up' VRAM. GPU-Z is the only utility that I know (or
rather that I use) that accurately reports physical VRAM.

If you're going to ask for help please don't glibly ignore one of the best
really helpful things posted.

Yes, same here. At some point I *did* notice the difference between
CPU-Z and GPU-Z and yes, GPU-Z reports 512 MB, as it should.

 

[John Doe]

Also... If you're going to original post, please don't use the no-archive switch.

Path: news.astraweb.com!border6.newsrouter.astraweb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe01.iad.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware
From: dk no.email.thankstospam.net (DK)
Subject: Re: 512 Mb video card is reported to have 1024 Mb???
References: <HP4Wq.15425$Sh7.6801 newsfe15.iad> <jgbags$25q$1 dont-email.me> <jgblb3$vnt$1 dont-email.me> <jikhng$p3b$1 dont-email.me>
X-Newsreader: News Xpress 3.11
X-No-Archive: Yes
Lines: 24
Message-ID: <2%j3r.2043$jH4.487 newsfe01.iad>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ndlhejnloefhiijmbgokonecdgflkpaa
X-Complaints-To: abuse charter.net
X-Trace: bcpcmoabmkbflobllgdegddckechphcoopkfbpnmlinoagiindlhejnloefhiijmpdokmalfmihgibccinbgikpdpechdocofhfianojehalfeimhabmmejieaknjdfgfdlbpmaelemcakjp
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:57:02 UTC
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:57:03 GMT
X-Received-Bytes: 1993