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Re:Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux by ornornor on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @08:24AM (#48383051)
> you probably don't need 16 GB of VRAM just to render the desktop

Microsoft: hold my beer

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Re:Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux by p_l on Thursday June 04, 2026 @03:58AM (#48395564)
You mean Chrome? (Looking at the 5GiB usage here...)
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Re:Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux by Wowfunhappy on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:58AM (#48411208)
Google Chrome is using 5 GB of VRAM?! Are you running something with WebGPU or something?
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Re:Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux by p_l on Friday June 05, 2026 @09:14AM (#48412058)
It's called prerendering tabs or something :V

At 4k it adds up, especially since if you look into DevTools Chrome actually renders more at least vertically if not across major scroll regions.

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