[SOLVED] How much of my ram is my iGPU taking up?

[ameme]

So i recently bought a laptop with an AMD Ryzen 5 3500u with vega 8 graphics. the laptop has 8gb of ram however only 6gb is usable. im guessing the gpu is taking up 2 gb but in task manager, it says that my gpu has 2 gb of dedicated memory and 3gb of shared memory and 5gb in total (2+3). AMD Radeon Software also says i have 2gb of VRAM. what do these mean?

 

[k1114]

2 gb, the other 3 gbs can be used as either system ram or vram. System ram takes priority and you will likely never use over 2 gb anyways. You may want to look at lowering the pre-allocated amount so you can use more ram.

 

[ameme]

2 gb, the other 3 gbs can be used as either system ram or vram. System ram takes priority and you will likely never use over 2 gb anyways. You may want to look at lowering the pre-allocated amount so you can use more ram.

Ok so is there a way to get back the 2 GB or at least 1gb since there is already 3gb of shared memory?

 

[k1114]

Go into the bios and look for the setting.

 

[ameme]

Go into the bios and look for the setting.

Go into the bios and look for the setting.

I've done that and there are no settings for memory or GPU. Does this mean I can't change it or is there another way?

 

[k1114]

If you really have no setting then you have no way to change it. What is the laptop model?

 

[ameme]

If you really have no setting then you have no way to change it. What is the laptop model?

It is an Acer Aspire 3 A315-42-R2D9

 

[k1114]

There is no way to change it.