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so i now own an msi TF GTX 770, now according to the manufacture it has 2GB of ram, but when i was looking at its properties i found it had a total of 4GB of ram.  my main question is: could my card be the same as the 4GB card but just restricted to only 2GB,  and if that is the case, is there a way to unlock that other 2GBs?

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They might have made a 2GB model and a 4GB model. Maybe you got the 4GB model.

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so i now own an msi TF GTX 770, now according to the manufacture it has 2GB of ram, but when i was looking at its properties i found it had a total of 4GB of ram.  my main question is: could my card be the same as the 4GB card but just restricted to only 2GB,  and if that is the case, is there a way to unlock that other 2GBs?

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There are both 2 Gb and 4 Gb versions of that card by MSI. Luckily you might have got 4 Gb model oe you yourself sometimes placed the order for the 4 Gb model. Confirm it now as it might affect warranty later.

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it says that the total avalable is 4GBs but the dedicated is 2GBs

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o no i ordered the 2GB one and it only uses 2GBs but i think that just to save on production time, they made all the cards 4GBs and just dont allow usage of the other 2GBs

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so does any one know of a way to "unlock" that other 2GBs?

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so i now own an msi TF GTX 770, now according to the manufacture it has 2GB of ram, but when i was looking at its properties i found it had a total of 4GB of ram.  my main question is: could my card be the same as the 4GB card but just restricted to only 2GB,  and if that is the case, is there a way to unlock that other 2GBs?

 

If there is, it certainly involves flashing the bios.

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huh, no kidding.  Same with my r9 270x, except not quite 4GB 

 

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Absolutely not. You have 2GB "Dedicated Vram" the other 1.8GB is a paging file for use like Vram but that's useless.

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lel nuubs... use GPU-Z.

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