How to find how much Video Mem is on a card?

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming

Started by nPawn September 02, 2002 05:58 PM

1 comment, last by nPawn 21 years, 7 months ago

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September 02, 2002 05:58 PM

This is probably an easy question, but i''m not finding video mem stats in the information that GetDeviceCaps returns or other device info functions. Is there some function to use or some way to find this out?

jdinger2

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September 02, 2002 08:51 PM

Using DX7 you can use GetAvailableVidMem().

MSVC++ 6DirectX 7

IFooBar

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September 03, 2002 02:36 AM

for dx8 u use
IDirect3DDevice8::GetAvailableTextureMem()
gives u an answer in MB

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