GPU losing memory?

[Arelian]

I got http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150462 two and a half years ago when I built my PC. It came with 1 gb of memory. Now, when I check my PC is saying it only has 750 mb of memory.


Just seeing if this is a normal thing or if it's indicative of my GPU dying soon or something else entirely.

Thanks!

[Cayos]

A quick google: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...ient=firefox-a

"Theres a strange bug I've noticed with ATI cards displaying the incorrect ram in DXdiag.
The 11 series and newer drivers display less ram than you have, and the 10 series displays more ram than what you have. "

According to the people in that thread, don't use dxdiag or sys req lab.

Find some Radeon software that will check it, that probably won't give any errors.

This link also says the exact same thing, for your card: http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...ng-742-mb.html

Again, it says not to use dxdiag.


tl;dr
dxdiag sucks, download GPU-Z. It should give you an accurate reading