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imac 21.5" only showing 3.75 GB in activity monitor?
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flopticalcube
macrumors G4
On my mini (1.66GHz GMA950 Leopard) I have 2GB installed and AM reports 2GB, even though 128MB is being used by the graphics card. Is this a Snow Leopard thing?
TuffLuffJimmy
macrumors G3
I don't believe that is accurate. I have 4GB of RAM in my computer, but it is reported as 3.75GB, and I have a dedicated graphics card.
That's what I thought too. The graphics card SHOULD have its own RAM.
However looking at the Apple site under specs for the 21.5", it does say..
"NVIDIA GeForce 9400M with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory"
Bummer 🙄
TuffLuffJimmy
macrumors G3
I've had macs with integrated graphics before with Snow Leopard and it did not show RAM like that. I am 99% positive that that's not why the RAM is displayed like that. Especially since I have my integrated graphics card turned off.
its a bit deceptive if you ask me. 4GB RAM, should be full 4GB accessible and usable RAM. Otherwise the machine really should be advertised as "comes with 3.75GB RAM"
powerbook911
macrumors 601
I have confirmed the following:
My imac with OWN graphics card, shows my full amount of memory in activity monitor.
My Mac Mini with NVIDIA 9400 shows in Actvity monitor my memory except .25 GB, which is obviously to graphics.
So yes, that is why activity monitor shows .25 less than you actually have. There are no worries then, it's just functioning as it should.
My imac with OWN graphics card, shows my full amount of memory in activity monitor.
My Mac Mini with NVIDIA 9400 shows in Actvity monitor my memory except .25 GB, which is obviously to graphics.
So yes, that is why activity monitor shows .25 less than you actually have. There are no worries then, it's just functioning as it should.