Graphics card not running to its full potential?

[Tylale]

Well I got this new computer, and dxdiag says that the graphics card has 825 mb of ram, but when I tried canyourunit, it said that I only had 125 mb. Also Team Fortress 2 runs incredibly slow, when I have the recommended specs otherwise. Whats wrong?

[Ad Bot]

[dkamm65]

The 825MB is not your VRAM.

My GPU only has 512MB of VRAM.

[Madmitten]

Well I got this new computer, and dxdiag says that the graphics card has 825 mb of ram, but when I tried canyourunit, it said that I only had 125 mb. Also Team Fortress 2 runs incredibly slow, when I have the recommended specs otherwise. Whats wrong?

i have 64.mb of vram and it runs oblivion and tf2 fine

[FrAgGEr]

Dxdiag sometimes forgets up like that.
My video card has 1GB of memory and on dxdiag it says i have almost 3GB.
I think it has something to do with the amount your computer has and it "shares" it.

Your video card has 64mb of video memory though, the game test thing is right.

The 825MB is not your VRAM.

My GPU only has 512MB of VRAM.

no, it's on the display tab.
that's video memory.
dxdiag just sucks OK!!!!

[General Nick]

Dxdiag sometimes forgets up like that.
My video card has 1GB of memory and on dxdiag it says i have almost 3GB.
I think it has something to do with the amount your computer has and it "shares" it.

Your video card has 64mb of video memory though, the game test thing is right.

no, it's on the display tab.
that's video memory.
dxdiag just sucks OK!!!!

It is the sharing.
In Dxdiag, it shows the TOTAL amount of VRAM, shared and dedicated.

[Comatose]

Wow, you have a better graphics card than me and I can run the minimum settings.

[Madmitten]

Wow, you have a better graphics card than me and I can run the minimum settings.

i can do it on medium

[General Nick]

i can do it on medium

I can play on highest with full anti-aliasing and anisotropic :cool:

[Madmitten]

I can play on highest with full anti-aliasing and anisotropic :cool:

you have a freaking optimus prime computer
of course you can run it
and make sure you put on those sunglasses

[CC]

you have a freaking optimus prime computer
of course you can run it
and make sure you put on those sunglasses

Actually he doesn't
My comp I'm building is better. :smug:

[Madmitten]

Actually he doesn't
My comp I'm building is better. :smug:

it seriously is optimus prime

[CC]

it seriously is optimus prime

Nowhere near it.
A 9800 is not that amazing, tbh.

[Madmitten]

Nowhere near it.
A 9800 is not that amazing, tbh.

no
it is seriously optimus prime
the cover looks like a transformer.

[Osak]

"Can you run it" is most likely the probelm, not the graphics card.

[CC]

no
it is seriously optimus prime
the cover looks like a transformer.

It's not as powerful as him though.
And you're black.