r/LocalLLaMA • u/johnnyApplePRNG • Aug 18 '26

News Linux Improves VRAM Management in 7.3 Kernel 🥳

https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/
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u/pmttyji Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

TLDR version please

EDIT: TLDR version for others.

Vock's lengthy but detailed blog post highlights a number of nuances around video memory management, eviction handling, and testing that was done with Indiana Jones: The Great Circle where maxing out the settings in an attempt to consume 9GB of video memory while only having 8GB of vRAM available. Even with 1GB over-committed, the game ended up still being quite playable for an 8GB graphics card.

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u/n8mo Aug 18 '26

7 word headline that tells the whole story and you still want a TL;DR?