Ram

[Esand15]

Hi, recently my computer has been saying that i have 2 gigs of ram. Why would it be doing this? When i go to dxdiag it says 2 gigs but when i use a program like PC wizard it says i have 1. Before it always said that i had 1 gig but for some odd reason under dxdiag it is saying that i have 2. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

[Atheist]

So..how much RAM do you actually have? 1 or 2?

[eranga262154]

So..how much RAM do you actually have? 1 or 2?

Yes... You should know exactly about your system configuration first.

[Hack]

If you right click on My Computer and click Properties, it will display how much RAM you have.

[eranga262154]

Always same value should be there in DirectX Diagnostic Tool, isn't it. Because both case refer the system utilities, right?

[shakti5385]

ThenRead this thread

[Hack]

Always same value should be there in DirectX Diagnostic Tool, isn't it. Because both case refer the system utilities, right?

I believe so, yes (I've never used DirectX with anything, but I've read several articles on it.)

[Lord Orwell]

one of them might be referring to virtual memory.

[Hack]

one of them might be referring to virtual memory.

This is a good point. And, if this is the case, I would suspect it would be the DirectX return.

[Esand15]

So..how much RAM do you actually have? 1 or 2?

I only have 1. And under properties it says i have 2.

[eranga262154]

This is a good point. And, if this is the case, I would suspect it would be the DirectX return.

If I'm correct, virtual memory is a concept that allows programmers to use a very large range of memory or storage addresses for stored data. I believe that there are more explanations. My question is that, DirectX basically gives the system details, if so is DirectX use such stored data addresses.

[Lord Orwell]

must be something wrong with the way directx checks memory. I just checked mine and it is wrong on mine as well. This computer at one time had 256 meg of ram and now has 512 but dxdiag is reporting 256.

[Lord Orwell]

ok let me amend that answer: actually i installed the extra ram incorrectly. I fixed it and now everything is reading 512.

[eranga262154]

I've never found that DirectX gives the wrong values, except user faults.

[chris1990]

update your motherboard driver. I had a similar problem with my onboard graphics it was saying that i only had 8MB after months of trying to fix it. I eventually got it right by eventually finding for the most updated driver for my motherboard and sound. Now it says 32MB fixed