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    1.5Gb shows up on a 3 GB card.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Muskytaru, Apr 24, 2012.

  1. Muskytaru

    Muskytaru Notebook Guru

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    Hello,
    I recently purchased a M14X from Dell and chose the 3.0GB Nvidia Gforce 555 card. However, after receiving the new toy I ran MSinfo32 Dxdiag and Cpu-z and all of these show the card has 1.5 GB of Dedicated. After a very considerate call from a Chris @ alienware. We decided to use GPU-Z to determine if the card was 1.5 or 3. The results were 3.0GB. I wanted to see if anyone else has encountered this issue. I will attach screenshots of the aforementioned resources used to determine this. [​IMG][/IMG]

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    Muskytaru, Apr 24, 2012
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    Gearsguy Notebook Deity

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    I believe the vRAM amount shown in system information is for the Intel HD card, which allows up to 1gb of shared RAM. I also have the 3gb card and it shows up as 3072mb, so I believe you got the right card.
     
    Gearsguy, Apr 24, 2012
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  3. Muskytaru

    Muskytaru Notebook Guru

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    Even when using Dxdiag, Msinfo, and Cpu-z you show the same stats as I ?

    I am curious if this is a recurring thing, or isolated to my system.
     
    Muskytaru, Apr 24, 2012
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    ur unit has the two graphic cards, one is from intel and another is from nvidia. Normal application will be using intel graphic which is why u will only see intel graphic card unless u play games which require nvidia graphic card. Dxdiag will be showing only intel graphic card and gpu-z will be showing both intel and nvidia. So u have the right card with right memory.
     
    magnataur, Apr 24, 2012
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    magnataur,

    Thanks for clearing up our confusion.
     
    DELLChrisM, Apr 24, 2012
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