Radeon RX 480 8GB

[Hickman1984uk]

Hey people,

I bought the RX 480 8gb, fitted it and downloaded the latest drivers but my system is only showing it as having 4gb. I can't quite understand it, I know there were batches of 4gb versions that were really 8gb if that has anything to do with it.

PC Specs:

Intel i7 950 3.06ghz
Gigabyte x58-usb3
14GB RAM
Radeon RX480 8Gb
Windows 10 64bit

 

[Greeko85]

Where are you checking that it has 4gb? Try using the hardware tab on the crimson control panel. If that also specifies its 4gb it could very well be a mix up? Unless someone else has some ideas

 

[Hickman1984uk]

Hey Greeko, I basically ran a bench mark program to make sure I could run No Man's Sky and it came back with me having a 4 gig rx 480 I was in a rush so didn't get chance to investigate further.

I am thinking maybe because my motherboard is fairly old and it's pcie slots are only 2.0 not 3.0 that that might be the cause?

 

[frank_hnd]

no, PCIe will not reduce your RAM. remember benchmark programs haven't been updated to this generation of cards.

try downloading something like GPU-Z or similar to check your card specs.

 

[Greeko85]

I doubt that is the culprit-it could be a limitation/bug with the game's benchmark. Check through the hardware tab at the crimson settings to make sure