Issue with VRAM

Hello,

No, it's normal, the VRAM has nothing to do with it, the load will only get heavier by increasing it (except for textures), the issue lies elsewhere: driver, game version, OS, configuration, etc...

The issue can also be explained by the fact that the YouTube video was made on a desktop PC or that your cooling system is less efficient, which can reduce performance on a laptop.

Sincerely

"First of all, my graphics card indicates that it has 4000 GB of VRAM."

You presumably meant to write 4000GB of VRAM. This is impossible; even the most powerful graphics cards do not have 4000GB. Your graphics card probably has 4GB of VRAM.

"YouTube videos of people testing with the same graphics card and running the same game on Very High at 1080p 60FPS, while I can't even maintain 60 FPS above medium and still at 1080p."

On YouTube, are these really games or just simple 60Hz videos?

Hello, thank you for your feedback. First of all, yes, I indeed made a mistake; it's 4000MB of VRAM and not 4000GB, I got mixed up, sorry haha....

And yes, it really is about the game with a person showcasing the best graphical settings to use in the game with a specific graphics card (the same as mine in this particular video) to maintain optimal fluidity and graphical beauty.

And that's where we see there's a problem, as he manages to run the game with settings that I can't. When I try to go as "high" as he does, it tells me that my graphics memory is insufficient, while I am only at half of that...

I have this problem with all my games, not just this one.

In the settings, I have a bar showing the amount of graphics card memory used, which increases based on the settings I raise. And each time I reach around 3000MB, my PC loses a lot of FPS, going from 60-50 to only 30FPS, even though logically there should be some headroom left....

The more you load a component, processor, or graphics card, the more it will heat up, and at a certain point, if the cooling does not keep up, it will throttle to limit this heating issue. Due to space concerns, laptops are always limited in cooling, and components cannot be fully utilized. Unless you adjust the settings, you will always face this issue, especially with demanding games.

Yes, it is indeed possible; said like that it seems logical.. However, as I see in the YouTube video, the person in question is able to use the entire VRAM of their computer, which is also a laptop with the same components as mine..

I'm having a hard time accepting it; I hope you understand my frustration, haha..

I suspect there must be a setting to adjust, but since I'm not knowledgeable about this, if you or someone else knows a way, I'd gladly accept it!

I just want to point out that I have a cooling pad that plugs into my laptop via USB, which I place underneath when I use it to prevent it from overheating too much.. There, I don't know if it's really useful, but I mention it just in case it might change something..

Hello

I feel like my PC is not using all of its VRAM capacity

Your graphics card has 4 GB of GDDR6, which is its own RAM, and its usage depends on the driver and the games; there is no way to influence the graphics RAM used during games.

It is therefore impossible for the graphics card not to use the necessary RAM it has; if it’s not using it all, it’s because the game doesn’t require it.

YouTube videos are (very) often rigged in this area; otherwise, the guys wouldn’t post them... what’s the point of uploading a video with normal performance? So they rig it... to generate traffic on the channel, and it works, because then we have to justify ourselves behind this kind of joker who publishes fakes...

You can possibly try other drivers, the one from Lenovo and the one from NVIDIA; there may be differences because manufacturers sometimes customize the graphics cards integrated into their laptops.

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Hello, thank you for your response. I completely agree with you, but just to be clear, I'm not very knowledgeable about this, but I don't think RAM and VRAM are the same thing, if I'm not mistaken... I believe my PC has 16GB of RAM and the graphics card has 4GB of VRAM.

And as I was saying, I might send you the link to the video in question because I really feel like I'm expressing myself poorly or that it's not clear what I mean. But I don't think the person is faking their video; there's nothing incredible in it. They just show the optimal settings to apply in a game to maintain good fluidity based on the components that different people have. And I'm sorry, but in their video, there's nothing mind-blowing; they only demonstrate the maximum capability of the graphics card in question.

I myself read before buying my PC that this graphics card was somewhat the "queen" of 1080p, meaning it should easily run everything on high in 1080p, but that's far from the case here.

So, I don't want to bother you, but I'm almost certain I'm not getting the full graphical experience of the games at three-quarters of what I could truly achieve...

I'm putting the link right here. A video showing a PC with the same graphics card and an i5 processor while I have an i7 running Assassin's Creed Valhalla or Odyssey in 1080p on ultra high without dropping below 30 fps. If I try it with my computer, I don't even reach 15 fps, while they have the same setup as mine or even worse.

The only difference between him and me is that in his video, if you look closely, he can utilize his 4000 VRAM while I can only use 3000, and even that's pushing it...

Thank you for taking the time to help me, by the way!

Sorry for the double post, I forgot the link to the video, here it is just in case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRTnYEBvL6I&feature=youtu.be