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Gigabyte GTX 670 not using full memory in games

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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
 
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Irony said:
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
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try a full clean driver install using Driver Sweeper and install the new WHQL
 
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Irony said:
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
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Going by that screenshot it's not using your GPU either.
 
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erocker said:
Going by that screenshot it's not using your GPU either.
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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.
 
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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.
 
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Irony said:
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.
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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.
 
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