[SOLVED] Only 14.9GB Memory available even after disabling integrated graphics

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wintrrz43

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Hey, I noticed when I got my PC that I have 16GB of ram but only 14.9GB available, only a few minutes ago I decided to do something about it since I have a dedicated GPU and saw a post saying its for your onboard graphics.
I went into my BIOS and disabled integrated graphics but I still only have 14.9GB of available ram.
Thank you in advance for hopefully your help.

System Specs:
GA-AX370 Gaming 5 Motherboard
Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6GHz 4 Cores 8 Threads Processor
Crucial Ballistix 2x8 16GB 3200MHz Dual Channelled Memory
ASUS Phoenix GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB
 
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wintrrz43 said:
yeah right now im on F21 but latest for my mobo is F51d, is there any chance of something going wrong when I update my bios?
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If BIOS update is done improperly, then motherboard gets bricked.
So yes - be careful with that.

Read BIOS update notes. Before updating to F51d, you have to update to F31.
Also you have to update chipset driver.
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wintrrz43

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geofelt said:
An academic question, but why bother?

Windows will keep code in ram in anticipation if instant reuse.
The available ram is intended to be used to load code that is not already in ram.
So long as you have some ram available, there is no problem.
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Because I get bad FPS in games and think well its a whole GB of ram being used for nothing so why bother?
 
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An extra GB will not increase your FPS unless you are running out of RAM while gaming. Which, seeing that you have 16 GB, can only happen if you have lots of additional apps open while gaming (or multiple games) - in which case closing unnecessary apps would be simpler approach.
 
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DRagor said:
An extra GB will not increase your FPS unless you are running out of RAM while gaming. Which, seeing that you have 16 GB, can only happen if you have lots of additional apps open while gaming (or multiple games) - in which case closing unnecessary apps would be simpler approach.
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no but my games use a lot of ram so its just handy to have more for other things
 
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wintrrz43 said:
no but my games use a lot of ram so its just handy to have more for other things
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On task manager, activate resource monitor/memory section.
you will see ram usage by task.
Look for hard faults per second.
If you see anything north of zero, that is your indicator for ram shortage.
A hard fault pauses the process while windows loads what is needed. That is bad.

There are some apps that play havoc with ram, Discord and chrome are two that I have heard cause problems
 
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wintrrz43 said:
I wasn't in a game I was in a lobby and I just want the spare 1GB so someone pleeeeaaaase help
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Post your in-game usage then. Use something like HWinfo64 that keeps a running max if you like.

You've got 4 people here telling you RAM isn't the/an issue.

Let's get more details:
This is specifically related to performance playing Valorant?
What are your in-game settings with your 2400G +1050Ti?
What is monitor resolution?
What is your FPS?
Which of your CPU or GPU is at 100% load while gaming?
 
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tennis2 said:
Post your in-game usage then. Use something like HWinfo64 that keeps a running max if you like.

You've got 4 people here telling you RAM isn't the/an issue.

Let's get more details:
This is specifically related to performance playing Valorant?
What are your in-game settings with your 2400G +1050Ti?
What is monitor resolution?
What is your FPS?
Which of your CPU or GPU is at 100% load while gaming?
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Im pretty sure the reason why my fps is bad is bcos I have a bad PC, but no its not just valorant and in games I struggle to get over 100 fps when my monitor 144hz on low settings, 1920x1080
 
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wintrrz43 said:
Im pretty sure the reason why my fps is bad is bcos I have a bad PC, but no its not just valorant and in games I struggle to get over 100 fps when my monitor 144hz on low settings, 1920x1080
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As long as you've got a variable refresh rate monitor, getting less than 144FPS isn't necessarily bad....

Monitor your GPU usage. Lowering your game settings will have a diminishing return on increasing FPS.

Simplified way a PC plays a game:
  1. CPU figures out what needs to be in a given frame (imagine a rough sketch) based on user and game world input. Issues draw call to GPU to tell it what to render.
  2. GPU receives draw call and makes a pretty picture. Sends to monitor when complete.
  3. The GPU can't do any work until the CPU tells it what to draw. Raising graphics settings increases the complexity of the GPU's job, making it take longer to render each frame. Lowering settings decreases the complexity of the GPUs job making it take less time to render each frame.
  4. If the GPU finishes rendering a frame before the CPU has finished figuring out what the next frame should contain, the GPU has to wait (<100% GPU usage).
  5. Based on #3 & #4, you should be able to optimize for 90% or greater GPU usage (depending on a game's CPU stress and the CPU/GPU balance of a system)
  6. CPU usage is usually reported as active time across all available threads of a CPU. Most* games don't leverage more than....6-7 threads. Monitoring CPU usage isn't really useful.
 
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tennis2 said:
As long as you've got a variable refresh rate monitor, getting less than 144FPS isn't necessarily bad....

Monitor your GPU usage. Lowering your game settings will have a diminishing return on increasing FPS.

Simplified way a PC plays a game:
  1. CPU figures out what needs to be in a given frame (imagine a rough sketch) based on user and game world input. Issues draw call to GPU to tell it what to render.
  2. GPU receives draw call and makes a pretty picture. Sends to monitor when complete.
  3. The GPU can't do any work until the CPU tells it what to draw. Raising graphics settings increases the complexity of the GPU's job, making it take longer to render each frame. Lowering settings decreases the complexity of the GPUs job making it take less time to render each frame.
  4. If the GPU finishes rendering a frame before the CPU has finished figuring out what the next frame should contain, the GPU has to wait (<100% GPU usage).
  5. Based on #3 & #4, you should be able to optimize for 90% or greater GPU usage.
  6. CPU usage is usually reported as active time across all available threads of a CPU. Most* games don't leverage more than....6-7 threads. Monitoring CPU usage isn't really useful.
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I dont want the ram for more fps which I know it wouldn’t give me anyway I just wanted to know why i still have reserved hardware ram when I turned of integrated graphcis
 
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It is not just integrated graphics which need hardware ram. It will not be listed as hardware reserved in the bios!
Disable any serial ports, parallel ports,USB port headers you don't use. onboard sound and ethernet ports etc...
Then you will get a little more of it back.
Just be careful and do not disable something you need or you have to reset bios and start over.
It will not change the way your games play in any way. But if you must have all of the ram available to you , have at it.
You will always have some hardware reserved ram. Depends on motherboard. There is nothing you can do to change it.
 
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