ATI 6970 - Won't use all available memory?

[ensign_lee]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161356

is the card I have.

In MSI Afterburner, instead of being at 2GB of RAM, it defaults to 1375, and I can only bring it to 1500 as a maximum. Why is it doing this? Am I missing something?

 

[NoQuarter]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161356

is the card I have.

In MSI Afterburner, instead of being at 2GB of RAM, it defaults to 1375, and I can only bring it to 1500 as a maximum. Why is it doing this? Am I missing something?

The Radeon 6970 has 2GB of RAM running at 1375 MHz clock speed. That slider you're adjusting in MSI Afterburner is the clock speed the 2GB of memory is running at, not how much of it to use.

 

[Arkadrel]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161356

is the card I have.

In MSI Afterburner, instead of being at 2GB of RAM, it defaults to 1375, and I can only bring it to 1500 as a maximum. Why is it doing this? Am I missing something?

Its probably "defaulting" because your going to high on your overclocking.

What your doing is makeing the ram, move faster, not determineing how much memory the card has allocated.

The card comes with 2gb, and will make use of that, reguardless of what you do.

You sound like you dont really know what your doing, so I think its best you just leave things as they are.

 

[Barfo]

lol

 

[DaveSimmons]

You sound like you dont really know what your doing, so I think its best you just leave things as they are.

. . . after you set the speed back to 1375.

 

[houe]

Uninstall any tweaking software you have and just use your card regularly. That's the best advice for you.

 

[m3t4lh34d]

Wow, this is why MSI codes safety measures into Afterburner. Randomly adjusting sliders before researching could cause some serious issues otherwise.
Fortunately this has more than likely saved dozens of people from having a $400 paperweight... lol.

 

[blackened23]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161356

is the card I have.

In MSI Afterburner, instead of being at 2GB of RAM, it defaults to 1375, and I can only bring it to 1500 as a maximum. Why is it doing this? Am I missing something?

If your card is 2gb it is 2gb, you don't have to configure the available memory. I think what you're doing in MSI afterburner is setting your GPU clockspeed, which defaults at 1375. Just use your card normally, check here: http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx

for updated drivers. Or actually, if its not broke don't fix it....you should be fine with your current drivers.

 

[ensign_lee]

Ouch tough crowd lol. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[bryanW1995]

If you think this is bad, come on here next week and say that you can't make up your mind between 6970 and gtx 570 for your 1366x768 widescreen!