Why do dxdiag and msinfo32 report differing amounts of Video RAM?

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When I check my system specs in msinfo32, I see that I've got 256 MB "Adapter RAM" under System Summary -> Components -> Display. However, dxdiag reports 2025 MB "Approximate Total Memory" on the "Display" tab.

What would cause such a discrepancy? Are they both right, but measuring different things?

Iszi

Posted 2012-02-25T07:42:02.893

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Integrated or discrete graphics? – Journeyman Geek – 2012-02-25T07:43:32.850

@JourneymanGeek It's a laptop, but I'm pretty sure the video RAM is dedicated. – Iszi – 2012-02-25T07:56:45.387

These are the sort of details that are critical! ;p – Journeyman Geek – 2012-02-25T07:57:24.707

Answers

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Dxdiag is reporting memory that is available to the system to be used to cache textures and data before it gets sent to the graphics card as well as physical memory on the graphics card.

MsInfo is only showing the memory physically available on the graphics card.

Mokubai

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