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Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-08-2005 at 02:20 PM

i recently got a Inno3D Tornado GeForce FX 5200 graphics card.
on the box, its written 128 MB DDR. but in my computer, it says the card is 256 MB. even the shopkeeper told me its 256 MB. i wanna know what exactly is the card of.
i searched the net and everywhere it says 128 MB.
also, on the box, it says its AGP 8X but i have it installed in a PCI slot.
but then why does it say 256 in my comp.
can someone clear this up?

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-08-2005 at 03:31 PM

If the system says there's 256MB, there's 256MB. Also, if you have it in a PCI slot, it's not AGP 8X is it?
I think the card you have is not the one that's meant to be in the box.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by paperless on 09-08-2005 at 03:41 PM

The strange part is "PCI x0"

RE: Graphics card memory?? by user27089 on 09-08-2005 at 04:56 PM

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/VGA/Inno3D_FX5200/

According to reviews, the card can come in either 64MB DDR or 128MB DDR, so it is 128 MB dude...

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Garndell on 09-09-2005 at 12:23 AM

Reboot and look at what the very first screen says (should boot up showing "nVidia GeForce 5200 blah blah" it'll tell you how much Memory the BIOS is detecting. That is the amount it has, the BIOS can't be fooled as easily as software can.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-10-2005 at 02:24 PM

the very first screen says:
nvidia (something something i dont rem exactly)...
256 MB RAM
the box on the site above is the same as the box i got,
but the name of the card in the software is same as on the box.
this is weird.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-10-2005 at 09:33 PM

If the BIOS says 256MB, then chances are you have 256MB. I can't really think of more conclusive proof tbh.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Garndell on 09-11-2005 at 11:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
If the BIOS says 256MB, then chances are you have 256MB. I can't really think of more conclusive proof tbh.

There isn't more conclusive proof without actually checking each memory module on hte card individually with the naked eye. The BIOS will read the Hardware Code from the card which if it's wrong, won't work.

Congrats on getting more VRAM than expected.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by mad_onion on 09-11-2005 at 08:37 PM

but you must have it installed in agp if its an agp card you cant just randomly choose to put it in pci

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-12-2005 at 07:28 AM

i have a Intel 915GAV motherboard with 4 PCI slots, i dont think it has a AGP slot, so it must be in PCI

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-12-2005 at 12:11 PM

If it's an AGP card, which it almost certainly is, it won't fit in a PCI slot.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-13-2005 at 05:17 AM

then hows it running on mine?

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-13-2005 at 09:52 AM

Where all the slots are, there's usually a set of white slots (PCI) and a brown one (AGP). Which slot is your card in?

RE: Graphics card memory?? by brian on 09-13-2005 at 10:40 AM

Was this hard?

http://www.inno3d.com/products/geforce_fx/fx5200.html

quote:
64MB / 128MB /256MB DDR Memory (64 bit / 128 bit DDR memory)

god.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Jhrono on 09-13-2005 at 10:57 AM

you stated were 3 different memorys, which lead us to the same conclusion = none...and you say you own RaceProuk..

RE: Graphics card memory?? by brian on 09-13-2005 at 10:59 AM

But he said it was a Inno3D one... read the god damn posts.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Jhrono on 09-13-2005 at 11:02 AM

Ok, even though, you stated 3 different memorys, what conclusion shall we get from your post ?

RE: Graphics card memory?? by paperless on 09-13-2005 at 12:02 PM

No AGP slot...? 256 WHen the max of your model of Graphics card is 128...your computer is weird.. lol

Have you tried other program than the drivers to identify the card? Blah this is probably useless..hum..

When you boot the computer doyou see the bios info of your Graphics card? It says the memory there

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-13-2005 at 01:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by brian
read the god damn posts.

Maybe you should follow your own advice. We're not looking for information on a family of cards, we're trying to find out the exact model of a card in someone's PC. If you can't see that, then don't bother posting.

Rubber Stamp, have you looked to see which colour the slots in your PC are, and which one the card is in?

RE: Graphics card memory?? by brian on 09-13-2005 at 07:00 PM

Why can't he try using EVEREST Home Edition

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-13-2005 at 09:00 PM

Maybe because no-one's suggested it yet?
It's worth a try TBH. If it helps, it helps.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-14-2005 at 08:41 AM

i checked, its a white slot

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-14-2005 at 08:55 AM

That means it'll be a PCI card.

Which, by the way, will be throttling the card back a bit.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-14-2005 at 09:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
Which, by the way, will be throttling the card back a bit.

pardon...i didnt get tou.
sry

RE: Graphics card memory?? by rav0 on 09-14-2005 at 10:25 AM

He means that the card is nott being allowed to work to its full potential, it is running at the lcd, whick is the 1x pci slot.

But, an AGP card wont fit in a PCI slot (AFAIK). If the slot is white, are there lots of identical slots next to it?

RE: RE: Graphics card memory?? by brian on 09-14-2005 at 10:31 AM

quote:
Originally posted by brian
Why can't he try using EVEREST Home Edition

Try it please, you may have confused yourself between PCI/AGP, or not.

Tell us if the program tells you, if you have an AGP slot, then your card will run 8x faster.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-14-2005 at 12:07 PM

It won't necessarily run 8 times faster, but it'll be able to use 8 times the bandwidth available to PCI. There will still be a big leap in raw performance though.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Garndell on 09-14-2005 at 08:24 PM

Is this the board? http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/av/

If so you could have PCI-E OR AGP.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by RaceProUK on 09-14-2005 at 08:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Garndell
Is this the board? http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/av/

That can't be it: it's PCI-Express, and has embedded graphics.

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Rubber Stamp on 09-19-2005 at 11:42 AM

sorry for replying so late.
yes thats the board D915GAV

edit:
another pic:

RE: Graphics card memory?? by Garndell on 09-20-2005 at 12:38 PM

ID Code: 10DE-0322

100% PCI part. It does have 256MB of GDDR1 Memory.

The reason the box has AGP8x is that the FX series of Chips support AGP primarily, followed by PCI & later PCI-E too (see FX5750). The good thing is your board has a PCI-E slot so you can easily put a newer graphics card in there should you upgrade in the future.