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    how to verify which video card i got?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by balduvianbarbarian, Apr 17, 2008.

  1. balduvianbarbarian

    balduvianbarbarian Notebook Enthusiast

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    supposed to have System graphics
    NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB Open GL)

    how can i verify this is the one i have?

    when i go to nvidia control panel and look in system information it says

    Nvidia Quadro FX 570m and then Memory: 512MB

    shouldn't it read 256mb? not that i'm complaining, just wondering whether i'm looking at the right information.
     
    balduvianbarbarian, Apr 17, 2008
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    download GPU-Z
     
    jcovelli, Apr 17, 2008
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    Xirurg ORLY???

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    run "DXDIAG"
     
    Xirurg, Apr 17, 2008
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    thanks for the replies it indeed does have 256mb (heh)
     
    balduvianbarbarian, Apr 17, 2008
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    The reason for why is due to the fact of TurboCache that the nVidia card has. 256MB of your RAM is probably being used for the video card. Just like ATi's Hypermemory.
     
    acaurora, Apr 17, 2008
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