Lenovo X395 Ryzen not using almost any Shared GPU Memory

Nov 28, 2019
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Hi, i'm not really sure if this thread goes here, if not, i'm sorry.

I recently purchased a Lenovo X395 Thinkpad and, although it is mainly for work, i was under the impression that the Ryzen 3500u could handle a few games on low settings. (I've watched some videos playing Overwatch, GTA 5, etc., of course, with similar specs than mine)

Anyway, Overwatch with everything low and 75% is giving me around 60 fps unstable. The thing is i've noticed that although the GPU usage is 80% to 90%, the memory usage is low. It is using 0.4 to 0.8 of it's 2gb of dedicated memory and 0.1 of it's 8gb of shared memory. Is there anyway to use more memory? and if so, will this increase performance in the gpu?

This is what i've tried:

  1. I've created an energy plan that doesn't limit the PCI Express energy (the factory energy plan had everything limited to increase battery life), that didn't make any improvements.
  2. I've used the FN+Q combination on the laptop that seems to increase the fan speed. This gave me a few extra FPS.
  3. I've checked a lot of forums and it seems that to achieve maximum performance with a Ryzen 3500U you need dual channel RAM. I've checked and i have dual channel.

Specs:
AMD Ryzen PRO 3500u
DDR4 16gb RAM Dual channel
512 GB SSD

Any ideas to increase performance? Is there a way to use more of it's memory?

Thanks a lot