Vista allocating RAM For my video card?!?!?

[Neodude1123201]

I Went into DXDIAG To check my video card after i installed it (I must say i am very happy with it! ) and it said it had 1.2 GB Video RAM,The Card had 512 onboard,where is the other 688mb Coming from?

 

[Anubis1980]

Mine shows 793, its 64mb 6100 go on my laptop, i guess vista is just allocating extra ram to it from the main memory. Doesnt seem to effect performance though, i mean i still seem to have 1.9gb of ram available to windows.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Here's a good read about how Vista allocates some of the address space (not the physical RAM) to the PCI bus, the video adapter memory address space, and other resources.

Vista Clues - Reader Question: Maximum Memory in 32-bit Windows Vista

 

[FlightSimBoy]

that would explain why it says i have 1278 MB of VRAM and not 512 MB. Nice. I feel special now, I don't know why....

 

[Neodude1123201]

Ok,But is there any way to stop it?

 

[Äߧý∩†H♠H䎀]

Ya I kinda wondered that myself. It shows my 8800GTS has 2075MB memory lol.

 

[Rudster8161]

some programs say my card has 512mb guess it just must be a glitch in some detection programs

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Ok,But is there any way to stop it?

In a word, no.