Windows 10: How to Reduce Shared GPU Memory in Windows 10/11

Hello,I am experiencing an issue where my Windows 10 system is allocating 8GB of RAM as "Shared GPU Memory." I would like to reduce or eliminate this allocation, as I do not need it.My system specifications are as follows:CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200GGPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XTRAM: 32GB CorsairMotherboard: MSI A520M ProI have already attempted several solutions, including checking the BIOS settings. However, the only available options pertain to integrated graphics, which I have disabled. Despite this, the shared GPU memory remains unchanged.If anyone has insights on how to reduce or disable share

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I want to reduce the number of ram allocated to my gpu as shared gpu memory

My laptop has a 8gb ram , where as it is 1.1 gb is used as shared memory to my gpu . how can I reduce it?

 

Shared Gpu Memory help

A couple of pics to illustrate. I have a 1080Ti. Task Manager>Performance shows the breakdown of actual/shared/used. And the NVidia app shows what is running with the shared GPU. It is hardly noticeable, and is handled transparently to the user. Your games will take precedence.

 

How to turn off the Shared GPU memory

I am having trouble playing videos of 4K 60fps and above on my Windows 11 computer. I have a graphics card of Nvidia (1060-3 GB variant) with 3GB of dedicated memory and 64GB of system RAM. I have checked the drivers and they are up to date. The video player I am using is either a Windows default app or using youtube in Edge browser or using some kind of video editing application, all the applications and the system are up to date, so I don't think the software is the issue.



I believe that the shared GPU memory is causing the problem. The shared GPU memory is 30GB, which is much higher than the dedicated memory. The driver might be prioritizing shared memory for video playback but the shared memory is not as fast as the dedicated memory. This is causing the video to stutter and lag.



I have tried to turn off the shared GPU memory or reduce it to a lower number (Lower than dedicated memory or somewhere nearby), but I have not been able to find a way to do this in the BIOS/UEFI settings or Windows Display Settings However I tried removing some ram sticks and surprisingly with 8 GB of ram the pc is playing all the videos without any problem which were lagging with 64GB of the ram. with 8 GB ram; fewer resources meant the driver used dedicated memory for smoother playback.

I thought it is only happening with my pc so I tested the same tests with my laptop and with 16 GB of ram the laptop played high-resolution videos but after increasing the ram to 40 gb the other computer is also shuttering. both computer and laptop have Nvidia graphics cards.