Rx 580 memory sharing

[LilManZezito]

So i have a rx 580 and 16gb of ram. 

I can only use 8gb because the other 8 are shared to the gpu. Is there any way to turn it off or minimize it? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Where does it show your sharing memory this way? 

The 580 will only use system memory if its out of vram, and that should be extremly rare.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

i doubt that

there will be shared memory, but its not being used all teh time. unless 8gb is being used in task manager, its fine

[SkilledRebuilds]

WHEN.....When..your GPU VRAM gets tapped....

Then....then you'll tap into SYSRAM.

Games will never see your RX580 as a 16GB GPU.

The system however will use SYSRAM as VRAM if you run out of Dedicated VRAM, but thats neither good or bad, it's just slow and swapping data causes stuttering and framepacing spikes,.. useless as VRAM at that point.

 

[LilManZezito]

10 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Where does it show your sharing memory this way? 

The 580 will only use system memory if its out of vram, and that should be extremly rare.

on the task manager under the gpu tab.

and on the ram tab it says "Hardware reserved: 8.1 gb " 

[LilManZezito]

9 hours ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

WHEN.....When..your GPU VRAM gets tapped....

Then....then you'll tap into SYSRAM.

Games will never see your RX580 as a 16GB GPU.

The system however will use SYSRAM as VRAM if you run out of Dedicated VRAM, but thats neither good or bad, it's just slow and swapping data causes stuttering and framepacing spikes,.. useless as VRAM at that point.

 

no i have a rx 580 with 8gb of vram and 16 gb of ram and i can only use 8gb because the other 8gb are being shared to the dedicated gpu  

[Electronics Wizardy]

58 minutes ago, LilManZezito said:

on the task manager under the gpu tab.

and on the ram tab it says "Hardware reserved: 8.1 gb " 

That isn't reserved by the gpu, its a unrelated issue.. Id try reinserting the ram slots first.

[Middcore]

35 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

That isn't reserved by the gpu, its a unrelated issue.. Id try reinserting the ram slots first.

Agreed, nothing to do with the GPU. 

[LilManZezito]

5 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

That isn't reserved by the gpu, its a unrelated issue.. Id try reinserting the ram slots first.

 

4 hours ago, Middcore said:

Agreed, nothing to do with the GPU. 

but it is a strange coincidence that the amount im missing is the same its shared

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

10 minutes ago, LilManZezito said:

 

but it is a strange coincidence that the amount im missing is the same its shared

 

The amount your missing is also half your ram, so the chance that one stick is having a issue is much higher.

[LilManZezito]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The amount your missing is also half your ram, so the chance that one stick is having a issue is much higher.

but both are detected on the bios and os

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, LilManZezito said:

but both are detected on the bios and os

 

Did you try moving the ram to different slots?

[LilManZezito]

44 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Did you try moving the ram to different slots?

there are only two slots and theire full