Not getting all my video memory?

metalmusic89

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Hi everyone

So u have an ATI Radeon HD 5670 video card 1gb ddr5 video card, but when i go to dxdiag and check my approx total memory for my video it only shows 712mb, i ran this card in my other comp, when it had windows 7 it read 2.8gb video memory with 4gb ram.

I also ran this card in the same computer but with windows XP and it read 1.3gb ram memory with 4gb ram

Now im running windows 7 with 8gb ram in a newer pc, and total approx memory is 712mb, why is it lower than before?
 

duxducis

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Right click on desktop > pick Screen Resolution > click on Advanced Settings > go to tab called Adapter check there, total, dedicated, shared
but its not like it matters anyway 1GB video card still going to be that,
If you not sure what card you got, simply run GPUz program that will tell you for sure
 

metalmusic89

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k so i went to screen resolution advanced and adapter tab, this is what it says

Total available graphics memory: 4822mb
Dedicated video memory: 1024mb
System video memory 0mb
Shared system memory 3798mb
 

metalmusic89

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well my computer runs fine, and i can play any game i want without problems so far, so i guess its no big deal, ill just check the advanced settings on screen resolution from now on i guess, thx for all replies