(Lenovo IdeaPad 3 17ALC6) Well even if i wanna play minecraft my gpu jumps to 100% and all of its vram is used, is there a way to increase it? Normal RAM is okay, like 2 gigs remain empty so its not a such problem. Ive tried looking into BIOS but there are only options for 0.5G, 1G and 2G
#Increasing VRAM on AMD iGpu
cloud haven
quartz plank
(Lenovo IdeaPad 3 17ALC6) Well even if i wanna play minecraft my gpu jumps to 10...
VRAM is soldered onto a GPU you can't increase it.
Not sure what you mean by "options for 0.5, 1, 2 etc" whatever that is, set it on the highest
cloud haven
VRAM is soldered onto a GPU you can't increase it.
so its not possible to just take it from the ram in the slot
quartz plank
so its not possible to just take it from the ram in the slot
No, ram and video ram are two different things
cloud haven
No, ram and video ram are two different things
i though vram is just taken from normal ram
frank gale
in the bios there should be an option to pass more of your ram over to your igpu
i upped the allowed memory on my 5300gs vega 6 igpu from 1gb to 4gb
queen scroll
No, ram and video ram are two different things
He is talking about iGPU. iGPUs share ram with the CPU
iGPU should get to use the RAM it needs as long as it's free
If you open task manager on the GPU, there should be two fields of memory. One would state 2GB that is reserved only for the iGPU, but there will also be listed another one that I don't remember what is called but is shared memory, memory that both the CPU and iGPU can use.
So it's not truly limited to only the 2GB
frank gale
on any amd vega igpu i would give it 4gb of ram if possible
quartz plank
He is talking about iGPU. iGPUs share ram with the CPU
Went straight for the description instead of reading the title 😅
cloud haven
on any amd vega igpu i would give it 4gb of ram if possible
I have only 2g max
In bios
Vega 7 iirc
cloud haven
by the way, is it possible to swap that 8gb memory with 16gb one?
cloud haven
iGPU should get to use the RAM it needs as long as it's free
well it can take only up to 2G
queen scroll
No
You see the shared GPU memory there?
Your iGPU can use that too
The 2 GB is reserved for only the iGPU.
The 4,9 GB is shared so the iGPU can use it if it needs to and the CPU doesn't need it more.
cloud haven
ohh ok
cloud haven
The 4,9 GB is shared so the iGPU can use it if it needs to and the CPU doesn't n...
will that \mount increase if i increase ram size to 16 gb
queen scroll
The 2 GB? No, I dont think so, I dont remember seeing it.
It depends on the Laptop manufacturer I think.
cloud haven
The 2 GB? No, I dont think so, I dont remember seeing it.
i mean the shared
cloud haven
by the way, is it possible to swap that 8gb memory with 16gb one?
btw
queen scroll
i mean the shared
You dont need anything more.
queen scroll
btw
Lenovo says the laptop have 4GB soldered RAM and one memory stick that can be up to 8GB
so 12 GB in total
So I am guessing you have 4GB + 4GB now
queen scroll
Oh
cloud haven
id like to swap that 8 gigs for 16
but i somewhere it says its possible
and somewhere its says its not
like here
queen scroll
Lenovo says max 8GB, but that is just what they guarantee, or have tested themselves, It might work but I cant promise anything, maybe someone else knows.
I dont have any experience with that cruical site.
But they manufacture the RAM so...
cloud haven
well i guess i can buy it and then just return it...