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Why is GPU-Z reporting slightly more VRAM on my RTX 2070 than there should be?

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GPU-Z says my RTX 2070 has 8192 MB of VRAM which is about 8.2 GB, when there should only be 8 GB. Does anyone know if this is normal?

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It is normal. 1 gb is measured at 1024mb (binary)

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This is a common confusion point due to GB strictly beining multiple of 10, but historically have also been used for powers of 2. e.g. 10^3 is roughly 2^10 but not exactly, and this also applies to higher multiples. So the numbers mismatch at times. It is the correct amount anyway.

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It's also attached to Storage.
1024 Megabytes = 1 Gigabyte, not 1.024Gigabytes
Which is why usable drive space is usually lower than actually advertised.

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