2 GB of Unavailable VRAM Windows 10

[Agendum]

Ive been searching on how to get the most of my cards and I discover that Im losing out on 1.7-2 GB of VRAM (or more!) usage out of 8GB on my cards (GTX 1080 8gb VRAM/ RTX 2070 8 gb VRAM) as described by Octane's device settings. Im on Windows 10.

Id like the truth, should I just forget about doing anything and accept this terrible condition from Windows 10? Its honestly frustrating and infuriating but if someone can inform me if trying to reclaim my VRAM is futile then I can atleast save myself the trouble of wasting anymore money and time trying to fix this.

Or is there a solution?



Windows 10 | GTX 1080 + RTX 2070 8GB VRAM each | i7 8700K | 16 gb RAM

[Lewis]

Old issue/topic.

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=51992&hilit=unavailable+vram

[Agendum]

Ive read the entire thread still didnt provide solutions. I searched and search and come across no solutions on various forums, all I need is someone to tell me if there is nothing I can do to reclaim my unused VRAM that I spent alot of money (GTX 1080/ RTX 2070.)

Do I just give up? If so, then I can save my money, time and frustration.

[PolderAnimation]

As far as I know there is nothing you can do. Windows reserves that memory.

[Agendum]

Yeah, seems like the consensus is that unfortunately. Its becoming more apparent, but should be good warning to other people considering building a PC for GPU rendering on Windows 10.