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1 minute ago, Bornsteler said:

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What it looks like in windows setitngs

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Windows reserve some memory as a mean to keep important file that windows need to run in RAM. This is normal.

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So I have a laptop, R7 3700U, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, onboard Vega 8(i think? probs Vega 10), and it's not new by any means. It's about 1-3 months old, and this problem happened constnatly. Task manager, windows settings, any application that showed how much ram there was always said there was 12 GB, but only 9.89 GB was usable. Is there any way to fix this? And is this AMD exclusive or no. Thanks!
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So I have a laptop, R7 3700U, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, onboard Vega 8(i think? probs Vega 10), and it's not new by any means. It's about 1-3 months old, and this problem happened constnatly. Task manager, windows settings, any application that showed how much ram there was always said there was 12 GB, but only 9.89 GB was usable. Is there any way to fix this? And is this AMD exclusive or no. Thanks!
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Well I can tell you that is to do with windows my Mc server 3rd gen i5 and I have 8.9 gb out of 12 gb so not amd just windows

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2GB are probably allocated to the Vega iGPU

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Well I can tell you that is to do with windows my Mc server 3rd gen i5 and I have 8.9 gb out of 12 gb so not amd just windows

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1 minute ago, Bornsteler said:

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What it looks like in windows setitngs

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Windows reserve some memory as a mean to keep important file that windows need to run in RAM. This is normal.

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Just now, SorryClaire said:

Windows reserve some memory as a mean to keep important file that windows need to run in RAM. This is normal.

Alr thanks!

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See that 2.1gb hardware reserved? You get that when you are using the igpu, that memory is allocated to the igpu to be used as vram.

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1 minute ago, SorryClaire said:

Windows reserve some memory as a mean to keep important file that windows need to run in RAM. This is normal.

nope this is about IGP

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

nope this is about IGP

 

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So I have a laptop, R7 3700U, 12 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, onboard Vega 8(i think? probs Vega 10), and it's not new by any means. It's about 1-3 months old, and this problem happened constnatly. Task manager, windows settings, any application that showed how much ram there was always said there was 12 GB, but only 9.89 GB was usable. Is there any way to fix this? And is this AMD exclusive or no. Thanks!
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Well if it is windows and not an i gpu this vid may help 

 

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3 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

nope this is about IGP

Also that. Forgot to add it in my original post.

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4 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Windows reserve some memory as a mean to keep important file that windows need to run in RAM. This is normal.

Incorrect. This is hardware reserved, not software reserved. Windows important memory is kept in normal not reserved memory.

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Well if it is windows and not an i gpu this vid may help 

 

This video doesn't have windows reserving memory. Bassically it's just running win10 debloater.
 

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1 minute ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Incorrect. This is hardware reserved, not software reserved. Windows important memory is kept in normal not reserved memory.

I genuinely gotta stop generalising things here.

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4 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

I genuinely gotta stop generalising things here.

In general don't be too general.

I could use some help with this!

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10 hours ago, Bornsteler said:

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What it looks like in windows setitngs

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In BIOS, change 'Dedicated VRAM' to a lower value, your fps will not change, as windows will assign memory as 'shared' if dedicated isnt enough.

some games may have issues will lower dedicated amount (some games will only launch with a minimum amount of dedicated vram)

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