tony567 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Hello, I just updated my Nvidia graphic card from a 4GB GTX 760 to a 6GB GTX 1060. I attach screenshots of Speccy reporting on the two cards and I'm puzzled as to why the GTX 1060 is apparently not shown as having 6GB. GTX 760Memory 4095 MBGTX 1060Physical Memory 2047 MBVirtual Memory 2048 MB I also attach the Nvideo system readout that does show the GTX 1060's 6GB GDDR. Is there an explanation why Speccy is showing the memory in such different ways, and not showing the GTX 1060's 6GB of graphic memory?[EDIT - Corrected card memory from MB to GB] Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted January 20, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2017 lets verify if the reported 2gigs for the graphics card is coming from WMI. can you start an elevated command prompt, type in wmic and hit Enter. then paste in this and hit Enter; PATH Win32_VideoController WHERE "VideoProcessor LIKE '%GTX%'" GET /format:list what is in the Adapter RAM field? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony567 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 lets verify if the reported 2gigs for the graphics card is coming from WMI. can you start an elevated command prompt, type in wmic and hit Enter. then paste in this and hit Enter; PATH Win32_VideoController WHERE "VideoProcessor LIKE '%GTX%'" GET /format:list what is in the Adapter RAM field? Done, and here are the first few lines... AcceleratorCapabilities= AdapterCompatibility=NVIDIA AdapterDACType=Integrated RAMDAC AdapterRAM=4293918720 Availability=3 CapabilityDescriptions= Caption=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted January 21, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2017 that should give the Dev Team something to go on. 2 things against you now is the Dev Team rarely chime in on these threads, so don't expect anything on that front unless they require further intel. and, Speccy releases are few and far between, so also don't expect any resolution any time soon. and welcome to the forums. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony567 Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 and welcome to the forums. Thank you, and thank you very much for your interest. I may post something similar on the guru3D.com forums - perhaps it is caused by some change or difference in this particular card's architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted January 21, 2017 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2017 if you do discover anything useful, then by all means report back here. it may help the next poor bugger when he discovers the same issue with his vid card. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony567 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 I've not gained much from my guru3D forum post, other than that I now know that 1 Gigabyte is equal to 1024 megabytes (binary), and that the GPU-Z utility they suggested reports that the card has 6144 MB (1024MB x 6 = 6144.... so I do have 6GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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