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    So is it 4gb or 8gb?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SnowDrifter, Jan 18, 2015.

  1. SnowDrifter

    SnowDrifter Notebook Geek

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    I noticed in MSI afterburner that my vram usage was pegged at 3.1gb playing a game at 4k on an external monitor. I checked with GPU-z and it states 8gb. I also checked systemrequirementslab and it states 4gb. So now I'm really really confused

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    Is your system SLI? If it's SLI it's most likely each card has 4GB, and GPU-Z is displaying your combined memory.
     
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    which laptop model do u have? something aint right there...

    afaik the exchangeable MXM cards have 8GB with the 980M, whereas the soldered models have either 4GB or 8GB depending on the machine. but then again, with a soldered GPU one would have a soldered CPU as well, but it says u have an MQ model, which is socketed... weird! :p
     
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    It shouldn't though. Vram doesn't stack
     
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    Sager NP9377-S
     
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    yup thats a sli machine, and it should be 2x8GB. havent heard of 4GB 980M MXM versions yet...
     
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    Hi,
    GTX 980m does exist in 4gb version.
    Since you have an SLI system, i would say that maybe GPU-z show the stacked, but it's kinda improbable......
    Try with MSI afterburner, and see what it says !
    You can also let run a game like Call of duty :Advanced warfare, it have a sort of memory leak, and if you have 8 gb it will take it in 5-6hours......
    My last idea woudl be to count memory module physically on the cards, it can't lie ! :D

    Elipsus
     
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  8. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    really? MXM 980M with 4GB? havent seen those around yet....?
     
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    Elipsus Notebook Consultant

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    Aye aye sir !
    For example Asus use it : ASUS G-Series ROG Gaming Laptops - G751 Series
    But it seems that he is the only one who does that, since it's non mxm, maybe all mxm are 8gb,
    I have seen a topic on NBR that talks about choosing 4gb or 8gb,but I don't recall if it where mxm cards or not I will dig it and come back later ;)
    This it: http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/767665-sager-8268-s-vs-8652-a.html
    So it seems that soldered cards have 4gb(space problem ?) since yours are MXM they are more likely to be 8gb ;)
    Elipsus
     
    Elipsus, Jan 19, 2015
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  10. jaybee83

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    thats how remembered it as well: soldered 4GB and mxm cards 8GB. his machine definitely sports mxm cards, even without looking at the vram amount i couldve told u that :p
     
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  11. Meaker@Sager

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    Not all programs support detecting 8GB properly, you have 8GB cards.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 19, 2015
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