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    HD 7970m crossfire not using all gpu memory?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by catavatar100, Jan 21, 2013.

  1. catavatar100

    catavatar100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ello all!

    I recently picked up a np9370 to replace my old M17x R2.

    However I seem to be having a few issues with my 7970m's.

    AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,CLEVO P370EM score: P9960 3DMarks

    AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor,CLEVO P370EM score: P9953 3DMarks

    Those are my scores when running 3dmark11, but in the graphics card section, I only seem to be getting 3gb. other np9370/p370em owners seem to get the full 4gb on thier 3dmark11 runs @.@

    Is it my hardware or did I fail to configure my software properly? I'm using the amd catalyst 13.1 official drivers.
     
    catavatar100, Jan 21, 2013
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  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Futuremark's hardware scanner is iffy.

    Also all SLi and crossfire users only have the capacity of one card (2x 2GB cards = 2GB of storage) since to do parallel processing both cards have to have identical sets of memory to work from.

    This is why higher memory capacity cards (ALA 4GB GTX680 desktop cards) make little sense by themselves, but when you have 3 running together it helps them run at high multi monitor resolutions.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 21, 2013
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  3. catavatar100

    catavatar100 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the reply :)
     
    catavatar100, Jan 23, 2013
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    Meaker to the rescue. :)

    If you were to run other benchmark software - or even dxdiag - you would get identical feedback. So not to worry!
     
    Prostar Computer, Jan 24, 2013
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