Ram size upgrade for Iris Xe graphics

[Farmstad]

Hi, I was just hoping I could get some info on a possible ram upgrade I might be thinking of doing on my laptop.

I have an HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-es2xxx it has an i7-1260p,16GB of ram, and Iris Xe Graphics (integrated). I saw some threads on here and the intel forms about people asking if upgrading ram will improve the amount of shared memory the iris Xe graphics can use and it seems like it can take up to half of your ram memory. I almost remember seeing a web page from Intel that the max memory usage is 8GB and then you cannot use any more but I am not sure and would love to know if this is not true.  Using "wmic memphysical get maxcapacity" in the command prompt I could see that MaxCapacity was 33554432 kilobytes or 32 GB supported so that would be the max upgrade of RAM I could do. Also, quick side question I would have to keep with DDR4-3200 ram right? I would not be able to upgrade to DDR5 because of a different connector? I know the i7 i have can support DDR5, but I believe it is a different connector.

I want to marginally improve my gaming performance on the laptop as well as the Premiere Pro, Photo Shop and video creation ability if it is worth doing. Not expecting major improvements because it is still a thin laptop and not a PC or a device with dedicated graphics but a more stable 60 fps on lower settings on less intensive games would be nice.

My main questions are:

Will a 16GB to 32GB upgrade improve the shared memory of the Iris Xe graphics from 8GB to 16GB?

Will a Ram upgrade help with the management and performance of games on my laptop even if the Xe graphics does not change memory or will I see no improvements because of DDR4 speed or other bottle necks of a laptop like mine?

Thanks if you can help!

One of the other threads I saw:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Is-it-possible-to-upgrade-HP-E...

[banhien]

@Farmstad 

You are talking about VRAM for iGPU. System will handle itself depending requirement up to its max. You simply can NOT add more because it has no room to add.

Regaards

[Farmstad]

Hi @Banhien ,

I understand that you cannot change the amount of VRAM as that is done by the computer but I believe if you add more physical memory to intel iGPUs they can use more of ram.

Here is a link to an intel page that talks about iGPU  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000020962/graphics.html

under the What is the maximum amount of graphics memory or video memory my computer can use? tab it says iris Xe Graphics can use Limited by OS to one-half of System Memory  but under Will adding more physical memory increase my graphics memory amount? it says that older hardware usually has a max of 4gb shared memory.

another possible helpful form post on Intel's website https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Question-about-the-Iris-Xe-and-system-RAM/td-p/1546272 

I seem to remember another post on this HP form that was asking the same question about Xe Graphics but I could not find it. 

Let me know what you think or know or someone who might know about the Iris Xe Graphics thanks