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Shared System Memory

Anonymous
2022-07-21T09:25:53+00:00

Hello,
I updated my pc From windows 8.1 to Windows 10 (10240) because I am still running an HDD for Boot-up. One thing I noticed was that before installing the Graphics driver the System shared memory (which is half of your RAM 4gb = 2gb shared memory) is 7GB because I have 14GB of RAM. After the Installation of the GPU Driver I restarted my Windows and it Shows me only 3GB of Shared Memory, Total 4GB. Why is that so? is there any way to Fix this issue? I have used Windows 1909 and 21H2 and the Shared System Memory was 7GB, Total Available 8GB. Only reason I switched back to 10240 ver of Windows 10 was because in latest windows My GPU gets stuck at Idle clocks and I have to restart the GPU driver.

I have some Screenshots too.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-07-21T11:10:49+00:00

    If this is a branded PC did you check whether that maker supports win 10 as not all do

    Or if a self build did you update all drivers from that mobo maker?

    One of your pics shows a default driver the other shows NVIDIA driver

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-24T08:44:14+00:00

    the Default driver present when I installed windows and the Nvidia driver is for my GPU.
    My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P. I bought this pc from a friend and he had been using windows 10 (1909) for a year or so and had no issues. I bought it from him and installed my Hardware (Ram/HDD/GPU). I have checked the Support page for this Motherboard and it says "Compatible with Windows 7 to deliver the best operation experience"
    I used windows 7 as well and Before installing the GPU driver the Shared memory was not Present. After installation it went up to 3GB. On Windows 10 (1607 or 21H2) the Shared memory is 8GB After GPU Driver has been Installed.
    But in the Latest versions of Windows10 my GPU gets Stuck at IDLE speeds after I Alt-Tab out of a Game. Only way to fix it is to restart the Driver.

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