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minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 hours agoQuestion about how shared VRAM works So I need to specify in the BIOS the split, and then it’s dedicated at runtime, or can I allocate VRAM dynamically as needed by workload? On macos you don’t really have to think about this, so wondering how this compares.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 hours agoOn my 7800, it’s static. The 2GB I allocate is not usable for the CPU, and compute apps don’t like it “overflowing” past that. This is on Linux, on a desktop, ASRock mobo. YMMV.
Question about how shared VRAM works
So I need to specify in the BIOS the split, and then it’s dedicated at runtime, or can I allocate VRAM dynamically as needed by workload?
On macos you don’t really have to think about this, so wondering how this compares.
On my 7800, it’s static. The 2GB I allocate is not usable for the CPU, and compute apps don’t like it “overflowing” past that.
This is on Linux, on a desktop, ASRock mobo. YMMV.
It’s typically dynamic