Hazel123

The 800MB are allocated to the graphics card leaving 7.2GB available to the system. There is some RAM dedicated to the GPU and some...

Thanks. So 8gb is designated for the graphics but if it's not being used for graphics it can be used for other processes - is that...

Just because the RAM is available for the integrated graphics, it doesn't mean it can't be used by the CPU while not needed by the...

Thanks. So it's still a full integrated graphics even without the Nvidia?

Yes, you can disable the Nvidia card using only the discrete one.

"So basically then it's only an 8gb ram machine - except graphics won't affect that 8gb." Not really, as I said the VRAM allocation is...

In newest versions of Microsoft Edge you can limit RAM usage from 1GB up to no limit. I have set mine to 2.5GB to improve performance.

Just wondering what people think. There are quite a few used models of 8th to 10th gen laptops that originally had Windows 10 and will...

So half the ram can be designated for graphics then? I can understand that with dedicated graphics but was surprised with Intel...

With Intel integrated graphics the VRAM is dynamically allocated from main RAM so that it varies depending on requirements at the time...

I checked. In Task Manager, my cheap Lenovo laptop with Intel HD 520 integrated graphics claims half of its RAM is shared by the iGPU...

Thanks. I can't do that as don't physically have the laptop, so I think I'll give it a miss. I did read somewhere that that particular...

If a laptop has 16gb of onboard ram but only shows 7.20 gb available. Why would that be? It's not my laptop - it was one I was...

I just put the sender name in the search box at the top, then in the search box menu, select inbox. And hit return - it should come up...