Is it possible to use regular RAM as VRAM?

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AnthonyE1778

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MY question is whether it is possible, through shared memory or something else, to either convert or use some of my regular system RAM as VRAM? I just bought an EVGA SuperClocked Geforce 980 and it has a healthy 4gb already, but to max out settings on Shadows of Mordor requires 6gb. Is doing this possible? If so, how? Thanks!
 
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I think the 6GB for SoM is crazy. The only 6GB cards are on the higher side of £500 so I personally think it is an error and 6GB will not be necessary.

And to answer you question, no. You can't use RAM as VRAM.
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I think the 6GB for SoM is crazy. The only 6GB cards are on the higher side of £500 so I personally think it is an error and 6GB will not be necessary.

And to answer you question, no. You can't use RAM as VRAM.
 
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Back in the days of low-end GPUs with host-memory architecture and little (if any) on-board RAM, there used to be a thing called "texture streaming" which allowed the GPU to fetch texture data from system memory. Those GPUs also relied on host memory for their frame buffer.

The feature is probably still in the DirectX spec but largely ignored. Both ATI and Nvidia used to make that sort of low-end chips.
 
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Now that is something I didn't know.
 
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