[SOLVED] Does the Intel or AMD IGPU take ram even after installing a GPU?

[mrb00ce]

Well the title pretty much says everything i heard the intel i3 10th gen takes like half of your RAM for the IGPU but does it still take that much amount of RAM even after installing a dedicated GPU?

 

[TerryLaze]

It does not take that much, at least not all the times and it depends on how much mem you have in the first place.
You do set a minimum amount in bios which can be as low as 32Mb and then it can take more than that up to I think 2Gb if you run something that does need that much ram.

So if you put in a discreet GPU and leave the iGPU enabled you only lose the minimum amount of ram you have set up in bios.
(Again unless you do something on the igpu that uses more ram)

 

[mrb00ce]

Well the title pretty much says everything i head the intel i3 10th gen takes like half of your RAM for the IGPU but does it still take that much amount of RAM even after installing the IGPU

It does not take that much, at least not all the times and it depends on how much mem you have in the first place.
You do set a minimum amount in bios which can be as low as 32Mb and then it can take more than that up to I think 2Gb if you run something that does need that much ram.

So if you put in a discreet GPU and leave the iGPU enabled you only lose the minimum amount of ram you have set up in bios.
(Again unless you do something on the igpu that uses more ram)

So i can add a discreet GPU and disable the IGPU right? and does AMD also have this option?

 

[SkyNetRising]

So i can add a discreet GPU and disable the IGPU right? and does AMD also have this option?

Usually with discrete GPU in the system, integrated GPU gets disabled automatically.
To have both discrete and integrated GPUs enabled, you have to manually change settings in BIOS.

 

[mrb00ce]

Yes it does take a TINY TINY TINY ammount or else the system wont function properly, or detect there is a IGPU.

That trace amount is not even to be bothered.

By TINY TINY TINY i mean like 2-3 MBs*

I hope you are satisfied with my answer

Thank you but i got 1 more question why did Intel release 2 i3 10th gen variants one with IGPU and other without it?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Thank you but i got 1 more question why did Intel release 2 i3 10th gen variants one with IGPU and other without it?

If you were Intel and had a batch of processors with faulty iGPUs (but otherwise a fully functional processor), what would you do? Leave them in the junk bin or try and sell them?

-Wolf sends

 

[mrb00ce]

If you were Intel and had a batch of processors with faulty iGPUs (but otherwise a fully functional processor), what would you do? Leave them in the junk bin or try and sell them?

-Wolf sends

Bruh is that actually true i mean even AMD started doing it.

 

[Wolfshadw]

Bruh is that actually true i mean even AMD started doing it.

From what I've been able to find out, that's the gist of it. Intel disables the iGPU if it's faulty and sells it (typically, but not always) at a slightly lower cost. AMD, I think, went the other way around, trying to add graphics to a specific line of processors.

-Wolf sends

 

[Colif]

i could be wrong but i think AMD started selling them without IGPU before Intel, they opened the door and intel went, ok.. we can do that.

CPU being sold with disabled cores is old news.

 

[USAFRet]

CPU being sold with disabled cores is old news.

468DX and 486SX, from last century.

Same CPU, the SX had the FPU disabled.
Different price point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486SX