Different MAX Vram on the same graphics card?
34 minutes ago, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh said:I'm 95% sure that iGPU's uses system memory and not your VRAM.
Correct, integrated GPUs have what's called "shared VRAM", where they reserve a certain(but configurable) amount of system RAM to be used as VRAM. The amount varies by iGPU, but usually it's around 1-2GB.
Dedicated or discrete GPUs have their own VRAM, that is separate from system RAM and cannot be shared. What can sometimes happen is when the dedicated VRAM gets filled up, Windows will use the page file or system RAM to keep feeding VRAM to the GPU, although this is much slower.
43 minutes ago, AwayComet108 said:I recently noticed that the max VRAM of my PC is lower. My founders edition uses 7.8GB and his uses utilizes the full 8.0GB (the max VRAM xx/7.8 Vs xx / 8.0).
This is most likely a difference in how the system reads the specifications. Officially, 1024MB = 1GB, which is why a 1TB hard drive will show up with just ~930GB usable space. One card might read as 1024MB = 1GB(resulting in 7.8GB VRAM), whereas the other reads 1000MB = 1GB, resulting in the full 8GB.
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