GPU Memory Studio 1555

Whats the best way to check how much memory the GPU has, i checked with windows and its reporting the card has 1031mb, which cannot be correct, GPUZ does not seem to report anything.

I booted from a Ubuntu live cd and its reporting that the card is 256mb

could anyone with a 256mb or a 512mb card test for me the following

boot from a linux live cd
from terminal type the following

lspci | grep VGA

this will come back with something like this
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro]

now run the following, changing the numbers to match the above

lspci -vvv -s 02:00.0

this will come with

0000:02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R300 AD [Radeon 9500 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 7c07
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 255
Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [ size=128M]
Region 1: I/O ports at b000
Region 2: Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8
Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

so this card is reporting 128mb

post what you get with your studios

cheers

 

Sorry I am not on my studio at the mo but have you checked BIOS? Very often the BIOS of a laptop will hold the gpu info

 

There does not seem to be any info in the bios , if anyone could test this it would be great

 

Mike, I accessed my studio remotely so although unable to try linux I can answer your question.

If you are using vista, open system information - Start > Accessories > System Tools > System information.

Now expand components and select display. Now check your adapter ram, mine is the 512mb

 

Running xp at the moment, i will install vista again in a bit

 

This should also work fine in xp, give it a try and let me know.

start > all programs >accessories > system tools > Ssytem information

 

Adapter Ram 1.00gb :S under components\display

 

Don't have a Linux live CD handy but System Information tool and Everest Home Edition both showing 256MB video memory for me, which is correct.

Edit: ATI's Catalyst Control Center showing 1533MB.

 

let me try everest on mine

 

damn, sorry, it obviously doesnt pick it up correctly in XP

PS how is the 1555 under XP? any issues?

I put vista 64 on mine in the end

 

strange that xp thinks its a 1gb card, everest detects it fine

windows xp runs fine, no issues so far, battery life seems just as good as vista