NVIDIA Geforce 210 shows 1GB when box shows 512

[parabellum]

It may be shared memory. My 5570 on another Win 7 x64 PC has 1GB of GDDR3 natively but this can go up to 2800 if necessary - check dxdiag and this will tell you what you card can reallocate. The card info is here:

 

[Solarstarshines]

My HD 6870 puts me over 4 gigs

 

[stormy13]

And what that number really means,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/89278-video-memory-virtualization-brief-guide.html

will only ever be used if the card's memory fills up.

 

[parabellum]

I'd love to see a game that can fill up 1GB GDDR5 RAM, and then take another 1GB from the system.

 

[Solarstarshines]

And what that number really means,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/89278-video-memory-virtualization-brief-guide.html

will only ever be used if the card's memory fills up.

yeah virtual ram but it is funny how it appears this way

 

[naname]

Fhadso u are wrong i have the same problem and 512 mb is twice as good as 1gb because other things matter too

 

[michiganman515]

simple

you have 512 on board the graphics card and 512 shared