[STEAM] AMD’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign their RAM to gaming

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An AMD Strix Point laptop. | Photo by Joanna Nelius / The Verge Many laptops and gaming handhelds share a single pool of memory between the CPU and GPU — and sometimes, you might want that RAM boosting your graphics instead. Now, AMD won’t make you ***** into a BIOS to reroute that power. The company’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets you turn up to 75 percent of your system memory into dedicated video RAM, just by tapping a button in AMD’s desktop Adrenalin app.

It’s only currently available for AMD AI 300 “Strix Point” laptops, and how much RAM you’ll be able to divert depends on your system’s total —

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that the “medium” setting will turn a 32GB laptop which came with 512MB of video memory into a 24GB one with 8GB of dedicated VRAM.

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