vram

Knowing how much video RAM (VRAM) your Windows 11 PC has is a tiny piece of information that can save you hours of troubleshooting — and a bad purchase — when a game, video editor, or 3D app complains about memory or texture streaming. This deep-dive pulls together four reliable methods built...

A small but important robustness fix landed in the Linux kernel this week to close CVE‑2025‑40288 — a NULL pointer dereference in the AMDGPU DRM driver’s VRAM logic that could crash systems using APU (accelerated processing unit) platforms or other configurations where the VRAM manager remains...

The Linux kernel now tracks CVE-2025-40289 — a deterministic crash in the AMDGPU DRM driver where VRAM sysfs attributes remain visible on GPUs that have no dedicated VRAM (APUs/integrated GPUs), and reading those attributes can cause a kernel crash; upstream stable commits have been merged to...

Steam’s November Hardware & Software Survey landed with a clear, measurable shift: Windows 11 now runs on roughly two-thirds of Steam clients, while midrange laptop GPUs and 8 GB of VRAM have become the de facto baseline for many gamers — a set of changes that matters for gamers, developers...

Valve’s Steam Machine is shaping up to be an intriguing living‑room PC, but recent tests show a clear and repeatable weakness: a GPU with only 8GB of dedicated VRAM can become a performance bottleneck — and, in current SteamOS betas, that bottleneck appears worse than the same hardware running...

The single-most important performance tweak you can make on an Xbox Ally or Xbox Ally X is to change the device’s VRAM allocation from the default — and doing so, carefully and with the right expectations, will eliminate texture-related errors, reduce stuttering, and deliver smoother frame...

Skate. Early Access is landing on PC with a surprisingly accessible set of system requirements: the developers have published a four‑tier spec table (Minimum → Medium → Recommended → Ultra) that targets everything from 1080p/30 on low settings to 4K/60 on ultra settings, and the headline...

Glow’s latest incremental update, Glow 25.11, continues the project’s steady focus on polish, portability and practical diagnostics: the release adds pre‑release support for Windows 11 version 25H2, broad UI and DPI refinements to match modern Windows visuals, targeted speed optimizations...

Glow’s steady, unapologetic march toward a one-stop Windows system-information utility continued this month with reports circling of a new incremental release in the 25.x series — the expected Glow 25.11 update — bringing UI polish, performance optimizations, and deeper platform compatibility...

Borderlands 4’s PC system requirements have arrived, and they mark a clear shift: Gearbox and 2K are treating the PC edition as a modern‑hardware first release, demanding eight CPU cores, a large SSD footprint, and mid‑to‑high‑end graphics hardware even at the stated minimum tier. Background...

Borderlands 4 arrives on PC alongside consoles on September 12, 2025, and Gearbox’s published PC system requirements make one thing clear: this is a modern‑PC title that expects eight physical CPU cores, fast NVMe storage, and a GPU with 8–12+ GB of VRAM just to be comfortably playable at...

Borderlands 4’s PC system requirements have landed and they mark a clear shift toward a modern‑PC baseline: expect an 8‑core minimum CPU, 16 GB of RAM as the lowest supported memory, and a 100 GB SSD install, with recommended builds pushing to 32 GB RAM and RTX 3080 / RX 6800 XT‑class GPUs for a...

Steam’s hardware snapshot is quietly rewriting the rulebook for gamer upgrades: Valve’s August survey, as reported and analyzed across the tech press, shows a consistent multi‑month shift from 16GB to 32GB system memory among Steam users, and the trendline now points to 32GB becoming the most...

August’s Steam Hardware & Software survey shows a subtle but meaningful reshuffle in the PC gaming landscape: Nvidia’s midrange GPUs continue to dominate the GPU charts, Windows 11 widens its lead among Steam users, and AMD’s recent gains in the CPU race hit a small but notable stall as Intel...

Rogue Factor’s Hell is Us ships with surprisingly specific PC demands: the studio has published clear minimum, recommended and ultra tiers that lean on modern upscaling tech to make the game playable on mid-range rigs while reserving native 4K/ray-traced fidelity for very high-end GPUs. The...

Ollama’s latest Windows 11 GUI makes running local LLMs far more accessible, but the single biggest lever for speed on a typical desktop is not a faster GPU driver or a hidden setting — it’s the model’s context length. Shortening the context window from tens of thousands of tokens to a few...

Checking your PC’s VRAM is one of those essential but often overlooked steps that can make all the difference between seamless ultra-HD gameplay and frustrating, lag-filled sessions. With Windows 11 powering an increasing number of gaming rigs and creative workstations, understanding how to...

For AMD Radeon users eagerly awaiting an end to their F1 25 woes, the arrival of Adrenalin Edition 25.5.2 marks a pivotal moment—one that signals AMD’s ongoing drive to put gamers front and center while also highlighting the complexities of the contemporary graphics ecosystem. The update...

Here’s a deep dive into how the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 with 32 GB VRAM stacks up against the Nvidia RTX 5080—especially concerning AI workloads on Windows 11—based on current claims, forum expertise, and early benchmark context: Key Takeaways: AMD R9700 vs. Nvidia RTX 5080 for AI on Windows 11...

As anticipation reaches a fever pitch in the PC hardware community, AMD has stepped into the spotlight with a timed tease of its next-generation Radeon graphics card, the Radeon RX 9060 XT, set for an official reveal on May 21, during the second day of Computex 2025. This strategic move not only...