problem with new gf4 ti4400

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sebula

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well I just bought a geforce 4 ti4400. Had some troubles installing it and finally got it working right with the 40.41 nvidia drivers. The trouble is when I go into the system tabs and stuff they all say my cards memory is 64 megs. I know for a fact its 128. the MSI Information tab says its 128 but sandra says its 64 and so does 3dmarks 2001se.


Any suggestions?
 
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sebula,

What are the specs on your system? What motherboard are you running, etc. Older chipsets can have trouble seeing 128Mb cards.

Richard
 
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sure thing.

I got a athlon thunderbird 1.4ghz on a gigabyte 7DXR motherboard which runs off the AMD 761 chipset. I also have 512 megs of ram but I don't think that matters much.
 
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well that new bios seems to be just for the 7DXR+ version not the one without the +. I did however update to the newest one for the 7DXR (f9) and it has not changed my problem :(
 
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sebula,

It looks to me like they are supporting the + Model and not yours. Lets see if anyone else has any ideas.

Richard
 
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Sebula,

I had a similar problem with my GF4 4200 128M - Sandra or 3dMark would tell me I had either 16M or 32M of video memory.

It was my PSU not delivering enough power. You could check (as I did), by removing all non-essential cards, drives etc, and slowing down the CPU (if you're overclocking). If it then shows the correct number(mine did), it's your psu, and you need an upgrade.

Other posters have suggested the optimum PSU is one with a combined 3.3V and 5V rating of 200W. My new one is a 350W Enermax, with 185W on 3.3/5, and now I see the full 128M. HTH, YMMV.

Good luck,
John
 
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well I unplugged both my cd rom drive, my whole fanbus (controls 4 fans) and 1 hard drive and it still shows up at 64 meg :( anymore suggestions?
 
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its a 300 watt antec power supply.
it came with this case here

and its powering:
4 fans
2 60 gig hard drives 7200 rpm
1 cd burner
1 cd.dvd drive
1 video card (my new one)
1 eithernet card
1 soundblaster live 5.1
athlon 1.4ghz
and a gigabyte 7dxr motherboard.
oh and 1 floppy drive. :)
 
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whats the combined or amps at 3.3 and 5 v as it seems they only give full spec on true power range on web site
 
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