Is it possible to dedicate more gpu memory?

[srrs234]

My graphics card is a 2060 6gb, but in task manager is says it has 21.9gb available and says only 6 are dedicated. Is it possible to dedicate more of the memory?

[da na]

The dedicated is how much VRAM is on your card. Shared is how much of your GPU VRAM can spill over into your ram once your VRAM is full. GPU memory is the sum of the two.

[PDifolco]

4 minutes ago, srrs234 said:

My graphics card is a 2060 6gb, but in task manager is says it has 21.9gb available and says only 6 are dedicated. Is it possible to dedicate more of the memory?

Huh  

Your GPU has 6GB VRAM, that can only be used as VRAM so it's "dedicated", and there's no way to add more unless soldering it yourself... 

But it *can* use your "CPU" RAM as well, that's why you see more "shared" RAM available. But RAM is way slower than VRAM so when it uses it it stutters and give low FPS

[NobleGamer]

3 hours ago, da na said:

The dedicated is how much VRAM is on your card. Shared is how much of your GPU VRAM can spill over into your ram once your VRAM is full. GPU memory is the sum of the two.

But not all games or apps that tap a GPU can use shared GPU memory, right?

 

I think AI stuff like Stable Diffusion or local chat models require dedicated VRAM, because I had some 12GB models crash on my 3080 10GB despite having tons of shared memory (given my 32 GB RAM).