Gigabyte GTX 670 not using full memory in games

[Irony]

Hey, I got a Gigabyte gtx670, and it seemed to be running okay in most games, but frames were a bit low in Skyrim and Metro on ultra. So I looked at GPU-Z and it shows it is only using like 730mb dedicated memory. Whats the deal, its a 2gb card. Is there a vram limit or something? I haven't seen it go over 736mb in any game.

Heres a pic:




Also, I can't get any futuremark programs to run. They say "System info initialization error" or something.


Thanks

[MxPhenom 216]

Originally Posted by Irony

Hey, I got a Gigabyte gtx670, and it seemed to be running okay in most games, but frames were a bit low in Skyrim and Metro on ultra. So I looked at GPU-Z and it shows it is only using like 730mb dedicated memory. Whats the deal, its a 2gb card. Is there a vram limit or something? I haven't seen it go over 736mb in any game.

Heres a pic:

http://i.imgur.com/HS9jU.png


Also, I can't get any futuremark programs to run. They say "System info initialization error" or something.


Thanks

try a full clean driver install using Driver Sweeper and install the new WHQL

[erocker]

Originally Posted by Irony

Hey, I got a Gigabyte gtx670, and it seemed to be running okay in most games, but frames were a bit low in Skyrim and Metro on ultra. So I looked at GPU-Z and it shows it is only using like 730mb dedicated memory. Whats the deal, its a 2gb card. Is there a vram limit or something? I haven't seen it go over 736mb in any game.

Heres a pic:

http://i.imgur.com/HS9jU.png


Also, I can't get any futuremark programs to run. They say "System info initialization error" or something.


Thanks

Going by that screenshot it's not using your GPU either.

[MxPhenom 216]

Originally Posted by erocker

Going by that screenshot it's not using your GPU either.

he did come off of 6770 CF and so there might be some driver collision issues going on right now if he didnt do a clean driver sweep or clean windows install.
That looks like a very old version of GPU-z as well.

[Irony]

Reinstall with driversweeper fixed it. Using 1700+ mb in skyrim at ultra now.

I think what happened was I installed the drivers on the disc that the card came with, (because I didn't want to wait a day for my slow internets to dl current driver) Then when I updated to current 301.42 I think, I didn't reinstall with driversweeper.

I updated GPU-Z as well.

New problem: Can't get any overclocking program to show boost clock; or any clock speed for that matter. Or will programs like EVGA precision X and MSi afterburner only show those speeds for their sponsor cards? I.e., do all features of afterburner only work with msi cards? etc.

[Hilux SSRG]

Originally Posted by Irony

Reinstall with driversweeper fixed it. Using 1700+ mb in skyrim at ultra now.

I think what happened was I installed the drivers on the disc that the card came with, (because I didn't want to wait a day for my slow internets to dl current driver) Then when I updated to current 301.42 I think, I didn't reinstall with driversweeper.

I updated GPU-Z as well.

New problem: Can't get any overclocking program to show boost clock; or any clock speed for that matter. Or will programs like EVGA precision X and MSi afterburner only show those speeds for their sponsor cards? I.e., do all features of afterburner only work with msi cards? etc.

I recommend you roll back to 301.34 beta drivers. The 301.42 seem to give trouble to 670 owners and have no driver benefit from what I have read.

Driversweeper is important and also cleaning out any Nvidia/AMD driver folders on your C: drive. I originally had trouble with the included drivers on the disc.

Good luck.