Vram question

[OnionRings]

I was checking out the Can I run it site seeing if I can run a certain game and it keeps saying I have 3g of vram but I got a card with 4, what would cause this?

[HPWebcamAble]

What card do you have and what game is it?

[OnionRings]

Just now, HPWebcamAble said:

What card do you have and what game is it?

R7 370 4GB OCL by sapphire, 2 games said it, recommended specs on both fallout 4 and division said I had 3g not 4. I'll take screenshots.

[TrigrH]

clearly its a GTX970 and the game is called AyyMD fanboy

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, TrigrH said:

clearly its a GTX970 and the game is called AyyMD fanboy

YES! Anyway here http://prntscr.com/b8wudc

and http://prntscr.com/b8wuku

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A lot of online detector tools aren't perfect at what they do.  I'd confirm for yourself using something like GPU-Z what your hardware actually is and go based on that.  If it tells you you need 3.5 and you have 4, you know you're good, even if it thinks you only have 3

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

A lot of online detector tools aren't perfect at what they do.  I'd confirm for yourself using something like GPU-Z what your hardware actually is and go based on that.  If it tells you you need 3.5 and you have 4, you know you're good, even if it thinks you only have 3

RIght, I figured it might be a site defect but I wanted to check. I'll go see about this GPUZ thing.

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

YES! Anyway here http://prntscr.com/b8wudc

and http://prntscr.com/b8wuku

What website is that?

[OnionRings]

Bam 

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5 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

YES! Anyway here http://prntscr.com/b8wudc

and http://prntscr.com/b8wuku

Wait, why does it think you need more VRAM if you are using radeon!?

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, HPWebcamAble said:

What website is that?

From the screenshots or the site? As said in OP its " Can I run it? " SS's are from lightshot

[GreezyJeezy]

can I run it said my fury x and 4790k could not run insurgency, yeah right i max that out on 4k 120 fps  

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3 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

Bam 

well, clearly you've got 4 GB of VRAM, (and a real 4 GB not like some cards I could mention), so whether that site thinks you need 3 or 4, you should be OK

[HPWebcamAble]

2 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

From the screenshots or the site? As said in OP its " Can I run it? " SS's are from lightshot

Ah, OK, I wouldn't trust that site (The Can I run it one, Lightshot is fine but I prefer imgur while we're on the subject )

[dany_J92]

Very strange...

 

I say its a problem between your card and the controller in the cpu... try this:

 

Use this tool to completely remove your AMD drivers (important you use this tool and that it is used in safe mode)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

Then boot back into normal windows and re install your graphics drivers, you can also remove and re seat your graphics card at this point for good measure.

Tip: its not 1997 no need to blow into the slot 

 

See if this helps any!

 

Peace 

[OnionRings]

Just now, HPWebcamAble said:

Ah, OK, I wouldn't trust that site.

Yea I figured, I just wanted to check with you guys, lot of people on here are super nice. I know that sometimes system memory can be reserved or taken to certain hardware so I didn't know if vram could do something like that or w/e, I'm kinda dumb when it comes to video cards, this is my first one besides a crummy 750m I used to have in a laptop.

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2 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

can you run it said my fury x and 4790k could not run insurgency, yeah right i max that out on 4k 120 fps  

So there we have it, clearly this site is not working properly...

[OnionRings]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

So there we have it, clearly this site is not working properly...

Shame too, I used to use it alot, do you guys recommend any similar sites that don't lie?

[TrigrH]

ur not alone:

 

http://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/3690/why-does-ethminer-only-show-3gb-on-my-sapphire-r7-370-4gb

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1 minute ago, OnionRings said:

Yea I figured, I just wanted to check with you guys, lot of people on here are super nice. I know that sometimes system memory can be reserved or taken to certain hardware so I didn't know if vram could do something like that or w/e, I'm kinda dumb when it comes to video cards, this is my first one besides a crummy 750m I used to have in a laptop.

I don't know of any situation that lets you use VRAM as system RAM... usually only the other way around.

[HPWebcamAble]

2 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

Shame too, I used to use it alot, do you guys recommend any similar sites that don't lie?

Most games have recommend specs on their respective sites

steam has minimum and recommend specs for most of its games

[OnionRings]

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I don't know of any situation that lets you use VRAM as system RAM... usually only the other way around.

Well yea I guess that's true I didn't mean that exactly as I typed it, I knew my vram wouldn't fly off and try to help boost my cpu or something lol.