Graphics Card using high amount of ram, help pls

[Marcowar]

Hey there, I've tried searching Google for answers and found nothing
my computer is Windows 7, 64 bit, I7 cpu @ 2.8, msi x68 pro-e, Nvidia FX 1800, kingston 6 gig of ram 3x2.

My problem is my graphics card is using 2 gig of ram, so windows is saying its only got 4 gig. but bois says I have 6 gig...

how do i stop my graphics card from using all this memory

thx for reading hope ya can help

p.s only helpfull thing i found was memory re-mapping which i can not do lol (don't have that option lol)

(i posted this in mother board section by mistake)

 

[Jacky60]

Your card will 'borrow' ram from the rest of your system to give itself what it needs. What do you want to do with the rest of the memory??

 

[RavenSEAL]

You need to buy a dedicated video card.

This should do:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-475-_-Product

Plus, you'd be able to do some decent gaming. Great card for $40.

 

[Marcowar]

I'm not using it for gaming, I use it 3d max, cards perfect for it plus . I wanna put the rest of the memory back into windows

 

[RavenSEAL]

oops :x

You're stuck then, your RAM belongs to your GPU now.

 

[Marcowar]

oops :x

You're stuck then, your RAM belongs to your GPU now.

lol no way of changing the sharing amount or anything ? wtf is my card doing with 2.5 gig lol

 

[RavenSEAL]

lol no way of changing the sharing amount or anything ? wtf is my card doing with 2.5 gig lol

Good question, i can't answer it lol.

If it was 32-bit windows, whole different story.

 

[SolMiester]

eh?, the Nvidia FX 1800 is a dedicated GPU!.....is that board x58 pro-e?

Looks like known issue...
http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=129136.0

 

[Marcowar]

eh?, the Nvidia FX 1800 is a dedicated GPU!.....is that board x58 pro-e?

Looks like known issue...
http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=129136.0

yeah

 

[SolMiester]

OP, do you have a drive plugged into the JMicron controller?, swap to the Intel SATA controller.

 

[Marcowar]

OP, do you have a drive plugged into the JMicron controller?, swap to the Intel SATA controller.

i'm a newb to advanced for me... lol was my cousin that really built it for me. I helped a little. kinda wish now i knew more about PCs

 

[SolMiester]

Where your drives plug into the motherboard, 6 are Intel and number 7 is a JMicron. Looks like one user resolved his issue by moving the SATA cable from SATA#7 to SATA1to6..

Turn PC off, its really easy to which the cables over!

 

[Cuular]

Are you sure it's the graphics card? Windows itself uses a good chunk of memory. 2GB out of 6GB sounds about right.

 

[SolMiester]

Are you sure it's the graphics card? Windows itself uses a good chunk of memory. 2GB out of 6GB sounds about right.

OP is saying Windows x64 is only reporting 4GB, not 4GB available.

 

[Marcowar]

dunno if it will help or do anything but here's a screen shot

http://img808.imageshack.us/i/screenshotej.jpg/

 

[SolMiester]

dunno if it will help or do anything but here's a screen shot

http://img808.imageshack.us/i/screenshotej.jpg/

OP, turn off the PC, open cover and make sure you dont have a sata cable from ANY of your drives plugged into the blue SATA port, if you do, move it to the black ones that are on the side!

Attached file: sata.JPG (43 KB)

 

[Marcowar]

OP, turn off the PC, open cover and make sure you dont have a sata cable from ANY of your drives plugged into the blue SATA port, if you do, move it to the black ones that are on the side!

Attached file: sata.JPG (43 KB)

the satas are in the black ports

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Do you ever have random freezes or does windows sometimes report 6gb and other times it reports 4gb?

 

[SolMiester]

the satas are in the black ports

Do you know what BIOS version you are running?

 

[SolMiester]

You could also try using the other slots, ie: if using black, use the blue!

 

[Termie]

Sounds obvious, but reseat all ram sticks. A bad connection can lead to a stick being reported but unusable.

 

[tcsenter]

Run MSCONFIG --> BOOT TAB --> ADVANCED OPTIONS --> MAXIMUM MEMORY

Uncheck the box next to Max Mem, Save/Apply then restart. Check for a newer BIOS also.