Question relating to the ram in the 6gb 7970.

Kippa

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Dec 12, 2011
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Is the ram on card configured like 2x3gb or is it 1x6gb. The main reason why is that if I were to get it for gpu rendering and it is 2x3gb I'd only be able to use 1x3gb where as if it were 1x6gb then I would be able to use all 6gb yes? Just wonderd how it is set up.

If it were configured 1x6gb then I'd definitley consider getting one for very long term purposes with regards to video editing and 3d rendering considering the price compared to Nvidia high end pro cards it is very tempting.
 

Deders

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the 7970 is a single GPU card so all the memory would be available to the GPU. the 6990 on the other hand would have 3GB per GPU.