Graphics card confusion

[legoman600]

I bought an Nvidia geforce 7300gt AGP about a year ago. On the package it said that its memory was 512mb. After looking around i noticed that some places said that is was 256mb . Does anyone know whether or not there are different versions, whether there is a big difference between 512mb and 256mb and how can i find the spec on my computer.

 

[Tmagic650]

There may be different versions of the 7300GT... If the box said 512MB go with that. There should be no reason to doubt it

 

[captaincranky]

Down With Confusion....Well it's not quite that simple....

Many of the older series of video cards, such as possibly some GT7300 cards, shared memory with the system. A card might claim it was a 512MB memory model, but actually only have 128MB onboard, then "steal" the rest from system memory. I don't know if the card you're describing is one of these.

 

[legoman600]

thanks anyway i can can only asume it 512mb

 

[captaincranky]

You don't really have to guess. This program should tell you exactly what is installed in your entire system; https://www.techspot.com/downloads/155-siw-system-info.html

 

[Tmagic650]

I thought there might be a program out there for this purpose. My Vista machine reports 512MB on my GeForce 8600 PCIe video card

 

[adweston]

They most definitely exist. Here's one here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143102

 

[WieldtheKey]

I have a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 but it says it's out of date...