Why do i have 2.3 gb of video ram? gtx 260 896mb

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#1 StealthKnife
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My card has 896 MB I am just wondering? I plan on gettting a phenoX6 and keeping this card with 4 gb of ram for Battlefield 3!! with my res. you think i'm good? medium/high is good for me.

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#2 V4LENT1NE
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Maybe Medium with that card at a good res, also Windows always adds more memory to the Approx Total Memory in DirextX. I think it adds some RAM onto the number as a fallback but I am not sure.
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Its called shared memory, I have 3GB, even though the GTX470 is 1.2GB.

Google it if you want more info.