Nvidia eating my ram?

[a_ump]

i was tryin to set my overclocks in place for my 7800GTX before i tried Requiem:bloodmare, but it would revert to its stock clocks after i set them(rivatuner and GPUTool). so i went into nvidia control just to look around and see if i saw something out of the ordinary. Well i did but it didn't have to do with clocks. I went to control panel>help>system information and saw

now, the shared memory would kinda explain why i've only been able to recognize 2.8gb/4gb. Is there any way to reduce or remove this completely? as i def don't lile 1.1gb of my system allocated for my dedicated graphic card. I mean who in the hell decided to allocate that much system memory? nvidia's drivers or something? it's not bios cause well this isn't onboard graphics.

 

[MilkyWay]

i think that isnt correct if you read the task manager is might say differently

this was discussed a few day ago maybe even yesterday let me look for the thread

 

[ShiBDiB]

that oc isnt giving u much of a boost to make it worthwhile, ur just shortnening the life of a card already past its prime

and regarding ur question, the only solution that doesnt risk ruining ur computer is to get a card with enough ram onboard. or downgrading to XP. windows dynamically sets the shared memory based on whats going on. setting it specifically to a number u risk messing stuff up.

 

[troyrae360]

odd, i didnt even thing that card could do DX10

 

[LittleLizard]

odd, i didnt even thing that card could do DX10

it doesnt do

 

[MilkyWay]

i cant find the thread but mussles knows this stuff, he was the main man in that thread
it was about graphics cards and memory and another one about 64bit and memory

 

[CrackerJack]

it's showing that because of your AGP Aperture Size. most mb, you can adjust this. my mb won't let me. mine shows 2815mb lol

 

[a_ump]

yea i've read a lot on the whole total system memory, graphic card, other devices taking from the 4gb total 32-bit can handle. and yep lol most of it was read from mussels' posts. Dam, and yea i just got a job at burger king(17yrs old) so GTX 275 FTW is what my first paycheck is going to. and yea nvm bout the overlock, i just played requiem some and i run it no prob max. not very graphical except for your character and other players. boo for vista allocating my ram

it's showing that because of your AGP Aperture Size. most mb, you can adjust this. my mb won't let me. mine shows 2815mb lol

hey we're in the same boat, but i got 2813mb, dam u have 2mb more than me lol

 

[Laurijan]

i cant find the thread but mussles knows this stuff, he was the main man in that thread
it was about graphics cards and memory and another one about 64bit and memory

You mean this http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=91260 right? This thread is sticky to the GPU subforum

 

[MilkyWay]

You mean this http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=91260 right? This thread is sticky to the GPU subforum

thanks man that was one of them there was another thread im sure but anyway its worth a read if you have the time

 

[CrackerJack]

if you do any gaming, the size shouldn't matter. if you do encoding, yeah that would make a little difference. that's what hurts me the most. encode first targets cpu and ram. most programs now use the gpu, which my does. but with taking almost half of my ram, it really sucks. only options are buy new mb or shit load of ram lmao

 

[Mussels]

its using system memory when it runs out of video memory. some programs just read the total available, instead of the physical graphics ram.

The reason your system cant see all your ram is purely because you have a 32 bit OS.

 

[MilkyWay]

yup i knew mussels would know for sure, hope he solves your problem mate

btw it says direct x 10 because he is using vista

 

[a_ump]

yea, i still think that 32-bit memory thing is a lil wack as it's never the same for every computer. I think it all depends on which motherboard you have as that seems to make the difference.