R rewben2 Honorable Jul 31, 2012 52 0 10,630 Oct 31, 2012 #1 Why do games have to use both your normal computer ram and your graphics cards VRAM? Why doesn't it just use the VRAM as it is faster?
Why do games have to use both your normal computer ram and your graphics cards VRAM? Why doesn't it just use the VRAM as it is faster?
rolli59 Titan Oct 27, 2007 47,790 283 130,890 Oct 31, 2012 #2 Because the Vram is only used by the GPU to process the image to display it on the screen, the system ram is used for the program (game). Upvote 0 Downvote
Because the Vram is only used by the GPU to process the image to display it on the screen, the system ram is used for the program (game).