VRAM, RAM?

[Nicky91]

what is the difference?


i got like AMD Radeon R7

my memory/graphic card is like 8GB


my VRAM in settings gives like readings of 89, 90, even 109% sometimes even when i am inactive

i did read online it can give faulty readings though


and is GPU your video card? if so then i better ignore what VRAM says and focus on the more important ones for my graphics



i am just very careful now since i am on my replacement


just need a bit of tech support here since i am not a huge computer nerd

[Nicky91]

current settings

VRAM: 120% but it goes up and down

RAM: 47%

GPU around 14%

CPU around 12%


what does this mean?


and i literally am not doing anything hugely draining (mostly wikipedia, youtube)

[Crimson Dynamo]

is it like HRVY?

[Nicky91]

is it like HRVY?

no, and i have never ever seen it before on any previous desktop computers i had

apparently so because now i have a ''gaming computer'' or so what they call it


and VRAM is more for games, but it also helps lifting some pressure of normal RAM, processor unit, video card in upscaling with 4K, and 1440p HD videos

[Crimson Dynamo]

TS will know this

[Nicky91]

am ignoring VRAM now


focusing on GPU, CPU since they appear to giving correct and good data

also temperature is around 24-28 which is good either so ventilator does do a proper job at cooling (which i also can hear it being active quite a lot)

[user104658]

RAM is where data is stored to be "quickly available" for whatever you're doing. VRAM is the RAM that is actually attached to the graphics card and is reserved for graphics data that your GPU will need. General RAM is the same but for your CPU.

It's a bit odd if your VRAM usage is showing as high if you're not actually running a 3D application (like a game) though? General RAM can actually be filled up pretty quickly with simple things like Internet windows being open (having loads of tabs open in Chrome is a notorious RAM hog). 8gb should be more than enough of both, though. Are you sure your VRAM is 8gb? They are separate/unrelated things (amount of RAM and amount of VRAM).

If your system is running slow on desktop it's likely to be either CPU speed or low RAM (or if its things loading slowly rather than running slowly, a slow hard drive). Graphics card issues would show as choppy display, but again you'd be unlikely to encounter anything like that doing anything other than playing a game. It shouldn't affect your "desktop experience" much if at all.

If you're not actually encountering problems, don't worry about the numbers.

[user104658]

You also don't need to worry much about temperatures, modern systems will shut down automatically if they start getting "dangerously" hot, so if it's not shutting down unexpectedly, your cooling is fine. You don't need to start monitoring temps and fiddling with fans unless it does start crashing/shutting down unexpectedly.