How To Enable Smart Access Memory (Resizable BAR) on MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, and ASRock Motherboards

Quick walkthough on how to enable smart access memory (SAM or Resizable BAR) through BIOS settings on MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, and ASRock motherboards. If you are using a Radeon 6000 series graphics card (RX 6800, RX 6800xt, or RX 6900xt), either a Ryzen 3000 or 5000 series CPU, and have a compatable motherboard then your system can likely benefit from enabling smart access memory while gaming or handling certain productivity tasks. The process is super easy and straightforward but be sure that you have prepped your system before you start. Make sure that your motherboard is updated to the latest BIOS and is compatible with SAM and that your chipset, Windows, and other drivers are completely up to date as well! If you need help updating your BIOS, check out my tutorial on that here: 00:00 - What is Smart Access Memory? 00:48 - System Requirements for Smart Access Memory 01:48 - Official instructors to enable smart access memory 02:27 - How to enable SAM with an MSI motherboard 03:12 - How to enable SAM on a Gigabyte motherboard 03:26 - How to enable SAM on an ASUS motherboard 03:41 - How to enable SAM on an ASRock motherboard Thanks for watching and be sure to drop any questions you have on the video as well! Full system specs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Stock Cooler Master Masterliquid ML240L RGB V2 240mm AIO Cooler MSI MPG X570 GAMING PRO CARBON WIFI AMD Asrock (Reference) RX 6800 XT TridentZ RGB Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 3600 Samsung 980 PRO 1TB NVMe Gen4 SSD M.2 Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB NVMe SSD M.2 Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W 80 PLUS GOLD PSU Aorus CV27Q 27“ Quad HD 1440p monitor Blu Yeti Microphone Windows 10 Professional 64bit
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