During the launch of the widely coveted GeForce RTX 30-series desktop GPUs, Nvidia had officially announced the introduction of the Resizable BAR, which is a PCIe-based technology that allows all of the GPU memory to be accessible at once, provided the user has a compatible motherboard.
Quite similar to the AMD Smart Access Memory, this means faster data transfer, shaders, textures, geometry, and an increase of 10-20% gaming performance.
According to the story by XDA Developers, the support was originally available for the GeForce RTX 3060 but just recently made available for all of the RTX 30-series.
It is essential, however, that users have a compatible motherboard to take advantage of this technology. Also, NVIDIA published a list of games, the motherboards, and the CPUs that are compatible with the Resizable BAR.
Compatible games:
"Battlefield V"
"Death Stranding"
"Assassin's Creed Valhalla"
"Cyberpunk 2077"
"DIRT 5"
"Control"
"F1 2020"
"Godfall"
"Metro Exodus"
"Watch Dogs Legion"
"Forza Horizon 4"
"Gears 5"
"Red Dead Redemption 2"
"Horizon: Zero Dawn"
"Hitman 2"
"Hitman 3"
Compatible motherboards:
Intel Z490
Intel H410
Intel H470
Intel B460
AMD 400 Series
AMD 500 Series
Motherboards that support 11th gen Intel CPUs
Compatible CPUs:
Intel Core i3 10xxx
AMD Ryzen 3 5xxx
Intel Core i5 10xxx
Intel Core i5 11xxx
AMD Ryzen 5 5xxx
Intel Core i7 10xxx
Intel Core i7 11xxx
AMD Ryzen 7 5xxx
Intel Core i9 10xxx
Intel Core i9 11xxx
AMD Ryzen 9 5xxx
How to enable the Resizable RAM
1. First of all, make sure to have the latest motherboard BIOS updated.
2. Head to BIOS interface and proceed to enable the Resizable BAR support.
3. Update to the version 465.89 WHQL or above of GeForce Game Ready Driver.
4. Founders Edition GPUs can go directly to Nvidia's tool on the website. Other GPUs will need to have an updated VBIOS.
5. For those with a custom partner card, download the firmware updates for each GPUs through the manufacturer's websites.
ASUS: Select GeForce RTX 30 Series. Head to Model. Head to Support. Head to Driver & Utility
Gainward: Select GPU. Head to Tool
Palit: Select GPU. Head to Tool
MSI: Select GPU. Head to Support. Head to Utility. Head to choose MSI Dragon Center or the MSI Live Update
How to verify if the Nvidia Resizable BAR is enabled
1. Open Nvidia control panel
2. Click the Nvidia Control Panel "System Information" on the bottom
3. Look for the "Resizable BAR" to check if it says "Yes"
For those experiencing problems in accessing the Resizable BAR feature, Nvidia has a more thorough explanation on their website custhelp page. These include certain issues that might pop up, what they mean, and also what users can do in order to fix the issue if there is any.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
