Radeon X1900 256MB PCIe (256MB?)

Hi Gang
I've made two Video Card upgrades in the past two weeks. The first card was a used Flashed nVidia GT7800 PCIe 256MB. It worked just fine.
Then a freind here on the forum sold me his almost-new Original ATI X1900 G5 Mac Edtion PCIe. It came with all the original documentation, discs, cables etc. Very Nice
So I figured, what the heck, perhaps I should stick with an original G5 Mac Edtion card. It installed nicely, and looks great. (Maybe I can sell the nVidia GT7800 on Ebay?)
Anyway, I noticed when I went into the System Profiler, the new ATI is recognized has only having 128MB? This was a little puzzling since the GT7800 came up (as it should with 256MB).
And ideas?
Thanx
Mike

Hi Steve - how ya doin?
I was just going to email you about this. And thank you to hatter and direwolf.
I got several helpful emails from Eric about the problem. Apparently he had the same problem. He provided me with this link from ATI; http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/MacX1900G5updater.aspx - which I believe addresses the problem of the wrong VRAM data being displayed in the system profiler.
"Release Notes for Mac OS X - Apple System Profiler reports incorrect VRAM size"
Steve, I was going to ask you, as I my have mentioned; I thought it was a good idea to get ahold of one of the last 'Real McCoys', (this X1900), with all the original packaging etc. The other used flashed card that I've been using is an nVidia GT 7800. I've read where the X1900 performed a bit better. Once I correct the VRAM problem, maybe I'll sell the flashed GT 7800 on Ebay.
Thanx
Mike

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