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    nvidia control panel vs aida64 gpu info

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Grump, Mar 19, 2016.

  1. Grump

    Grump Notebook Consultant

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    Hi, I'm trying to determine how much memory my gpu has. The nvidia control panel states 6144mb dedicated video memory while aida64 states 4095mb total memory under the gpu section. Which should I trust?
     
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Which GPU do you have? Which laptop?

    on my GeForce GTX 980 (Desktop Class) both GPU-Z and AIDA64 show the same thing= 8GB

    BUT, AIDA64 says my RAM is 2400 MHz. HWiNFO says it is 2800 MHz. HWiNFO is correct

    Use HWiNFO and check

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    Spartan@HIDevolution, Mar 19, 2016
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    870m np8278 sager
     
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  4. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    It's most likely 6GB... The 870M was made with 3GB and 6GB version however the MXM ones were 6GB and the 8278 has a MXM GPU...
     
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    Trust the nvidia control panel.

    Aida64 is probably using the wrong method to retrieve the info from your GPU.

    Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    AID64 does this a lot... The control pannel or even HWinfo64 can do this better and more accurately :)
     
    TomJGX, Mar 20, 2016
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