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Questions tagged [vram]

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Is my recently acquired GPU broken?

A little more than a week ago, I acquired an ASUS Strix GTX970 4GB OC. I've been noticing alot of sporadic stuttering whilst playing games and I'm kind of puzzled to what it could be. Very frustrating. I've monitored my system with HWiNFO64 and saw…
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Amount of VRAM in use?

When you go to the task manager, you can see how much RAM you're using. Is there any way to find out how much VRAM you are using? W7 64 bit here. ATI Radeon HD 4890 card EDIT: GPU-Z and HWiNFO don't work. ATI provides a tool too, but it keeps…
Simon Verbeke
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How to overcome VirtualBox 256MB limit of video memory

My host machine has a 2GB graphic card (GeForce GT740M) but VirtualBox allows me to use just 256MB of memory. Because I would use CAD applications on Win7 (Guest) I would like to have more memory to run them properly. I've installed guest…
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How much GPU RAM should I have for a 4K display?

My Hackintosh is connected to a 4K display. I recently installed a GTX1050 with 2GB of VRAM. But iStat Menus shows me that the GPU RAM is being constantly maxed out. (This is not for gaming; just browsing, Finder, etc.) I will be using Adobe…
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Trying to understand Photoshop CC 2015 GPU system requirements for “Perspective Warp”

I am considering upgrading to Photoshop CC and I am amazed by the brand new perspective warp tool. However, I have concerns about it. On the Adobe site I have seen that the minimum requirement for 16 bit perspective warp is 512MB VRAM: The minimum…
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Windows 8.1 DirectDraw and compatibility with older games

I’m trying to run an old game (Nascar Heat 2002) on my Windows 8.1 laptop. The problem I am having is that the game crashes before startup, and in the logs it reports that no video ram is available. This is the log file: 41.37.114: data directory:…
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What impact do system components (VRAM/RAM, GPU, etc.) have on gaming performance?

I get that RAM in general is just another form of memory (a sequence of bytes) to store some information. So to be more precise, I assume at the hardware level at least, VRAM and RAM are the same. It's what this memory is used for that makes the…
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Does a larger laptop screen size reduce graphics performance?

For example, does a laptop with a 17" screen have lesser graphics performance than the same graphics card in a laptop with a 15.6" screen? The common sense answer would be "yes", but in the computer world, I understand not everything is common…
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How do I change Shared System Memory for GPU in Windows 11 without BIOS

I have an Acer Laptop with following Graphics Configurations : Generic PNP Monitor and AMD Graphics Properties. I had 4GB RAM installed and very recently have installed another 4GB. But the GPU is allocating 3GB shared system memory for itself. I…
Ashraful Alam Shakil
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Clear VRAM on Linux

On some (or even a lot of) GPUs contents of video memory aren't cleared after it is resleased by an application. Contents of VRAM might even remain after reboot. Because of this, there's a risk of exposing sensitive information. Is there a sure way…
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VRAM in workstation 11 only 64MB

I have a host computer which is Windows 8.1 and contains a 3GB nVidia graphics card. Inside of VMware I am running Windows 7. I have installed VMware tools, but the dedicated video memory is showing up as 64 MB. In the settings I have said I want my…
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32 bit windows max ram with discrete graphics card

I understand that if I have an integrated graphics and 4 gb of ram, windows 7 needs to address some of it o the integrated ones. However how come if I have a discrete graphics card with 1 gb of vram, the os can only see about 2.8 gb of ram? Is this…
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Thinkpad T400 visual artifacting in Windows - stops when the graphics 'refresh'

I have a T400 which runs Windows 10, build 1903. A lot of the time there is artifacting or random lines or squares glitched on the screen, and when i move my mouse over it it fixes, which makes me believe its a VRAM issue or something. After a lot…
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How much RAM does the Aero theme use?

I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate and need to free up some RAM and video RAM for some graphics intensive software. How much RAM will I free up by disabling the Aero theme?
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Can I upgrade my vRAM on HP Elitebook?

I have HP Elitebook 8770w, i7 and Quadro k3000m with 2 GB of vRAM. Can I Uprgade it to 4 GB or more? 2GB of vRam is actually enough to run basic programs, but when I run more of them at the s
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