I was wondering if there was a way to change the amount of Shared Video Memory automatically allocated to my GPU.
ASUS Prime H310M-A
Intel i5-8400 @ 2.80 GHz
R9 380X @ stock settings
8GB Corsair DDR4 2400MHz Memory
Windows 10 Professional
It's currently allocating 4GB of Shared Video Memory.
This is problematic for me as I only have a single stick of 8GB Memory, and I need System RAM over Graphics Memory.
Due to this automatic 4GB allocation of video memory (total 8GB), it causes some applications to run into the paging file making them slower.
I've looked in the BIOS and I can't find any setting which could tweak this. Does anybody know how to change the amount of allocated shared video memory?
Best Answer
In Some cases Windows 10 Uses 50% system RAM as shared Graphics memory.(if u use 16 GB RAM then there will be 8 GB of shared Graphics memory allocated. Its used only when required by applications. This RAM will work as Normal system RAM if u dont use any graphics applications).
Nothing to worry about it. It will not cause your PC to slow down.
Make sure your system was not given to any hardware repair shop, they could have changed Graphics hardware physical property by changing the firmware settings.
PC repair shops can do it.