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    Dxdiag detecting 716MB of VRAM

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Harryboiyeye, Dec 8, 2010.

  1. Harryboiyeye

    Harryboiyeye Notebook Deity

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    All in the title, is this an error on window's side or have my Dual 5870m's lost their memory? :D
     
    Harryboiyeye, Dec 8, 2010
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    Try using GPUz < free dl and see what it reports
     
    dave-p, Dec 8, 2010
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    It detects the full amount of RAM. So is this a windows fail?
     
    Harryboiyeye, Dec 8, 2010
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