s3 virge dx/gx, how much memory does this graphics card have?

Question

i recently bought this graphics card off ebay, and on the memory slot of the description on the auction, it said the card was 64Mb.
but ive run dxdiag and got the specs up, and it says only 4Mb.
now i can't understand why it is saying this, sice i bought the card thinking it was 64Mb.
so could anyone confirm that this card only has 4Mb and that i've been ripped off, or is there something im missing?

ive tried this card on both windows XP and ME, made the card default through the BIOS, but yet on both systems dxdiag tells me only 4Mb, i would understand on XP because, i never could get it to work at first, and then just randomly it worked...strange...
thanks all in advanced
marky j

Answer 1

S3 Virge DX/GX is from 1996-1997 or so. There's NO WAY it can have 64 megs of RAM. Maximum it can have is 8 (yes, 8 megs), and that's only in the latest VX version (circa 1998-99). For DX and GX the max is 4 megs. DXDIAG is correct.

ViRGE is sometimes referred to as the first "3D Decelerator" due to extremely poor performance. Unless you're building a classic machine (and even then there are better cards you can build it with) I wouldn't touch that card with a ten foot pole, much less pay money for it in an auction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_ViRGE

Answer 2

The s3 is not exactly a rocketship, its not even as powerful as the integrated cards that they make now. You might as well just upgrade.