Graphic card VRAM and System RAM

[SoulRipper]

Hi,

Just wondering:

1) If the GPU is lacking of VRAM or fully used, will the GPU use the system RAM to help?

Thanks

 

[aerial_ace]

no not really, tho it is possible its not common to my knowledge

 

[Novuake]

That is not how it works, the graphics card will start dumping memory to clear capacity.

 

[SoulRipper]

no not really, tho it is possible its not common to my knowledge

Yes, it will be slower. But will it still use it?

 

[SoulRipper]

That is not how it works, the graphics card will start dumping memory to clear capacity.

So the GPU can only use the VRAM.
The size of the system ram does not affect in any way?

 

[a1blaster]

i think the gpu will use the slower ddr3 ram of your pc if it runs out of ddr5 ram....

 

[aerial_ace]

no not really, tho it is possible its not common to my knowledge

Yes, it will be slower. But will it still use it?

No it will not

 

[Novuake]

That is not how it works, the graphics card will start dumping memory to clear capacity.

So the GPU can only use the VRAM.
The size of the system ram does not affect in any way?

The game itself will use the RAM, but not for graphics processing, unless you are using the integrated iGPU.
What you see can ONLY be stored in VRAM before its actually rendered.

 

[SoulRipper]

That is not how it works, the graphics card will start dumping memory to clear capacity.

So the GPU can only use the VRAM.
The size of the system ram does not affect in any way?

The game itself will use the RAM, but not for graphics processing, unless you are using the integrated iGPU.
What you see can ONLY be stored in VRAM before its actually rendered.

So the conclusion is that the GPU can only use the VRAM to aid its processing.
System ram does not help the GPU at all if the GPU lacks memory. Yes?

 

[Novuake]

So the conclusion is that the GPU can only use the VRAM to aid its processing.
System ram does not help the GPU at all if the GPU lacks memory. Yes?

Correct.