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AMD’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign their RAM to gaming

More power to the GPU, captain.

Many laptops and gaming handhelds share a single pool of memory between the CPU and GPU — and sometimes, you might want that RAM boosting your graphics instead. But in early testing with the Asus Zenbook S 16, a Strix Point laptop that’s already shipped with this feature, my colleague Joanna Nelius saw that turning it on isn’t a silver bullet for every game. AMD’s also bringing its Fluid Motion Frames 2 to Strix Point laptops in technical preview today, after previously opening it up to desktop GPU and last-gen notebook GPUs.

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