Windows 11 Could Let You Choose How Much RAM AI Gets

Windows 11 could soon give users more control over how much unified memory goes to graphics, AI workloads, and regular applications.

Microsoft is testing a hidden feature called IntelligentCarveout that appears designed to let users reserve additional system memory for accelerators.

Windows 11 is getting unified memory controls

The feature was discovered in Windows 11 build 29648.1000. It uses feature ID 61121285 and comes alongside a new SettingsHandlers_UnifiedMemory.dll file.

Strings found inside Windows reference “Reserved memory for accelerators” and “Memory for graphics and AI acceleration.”

Another description suggests users will be able to reserve additional unified memory for graphics and AI-intensive games and applications.

Windows also warns that any memory reserved this way will no longer remain available to other applications.

AI workloads could benefit from more shared memory

Unified memory allows the CPU, GPU, and other accelerators to access the same memory pool instead of relying entirely on separate dedicated memory.

That approach can help systems running large local AI models, which may require significantly more memory than conventional GPU VRAM can provide.

The new control could therefore let users prioritize AI and graphics workloads when needed, while keeping more RAM available for everyday Windows applications at other times.

Microsoft hasn’t announced IntelligentCarveout

Microsoft has not officially announced IntelligentCarveout, and the feature remains hidden and experimental.

It is also unclear how Microsoft plans to expose the setting. Windows could eventually offer a slider, fixed memory presets, or profiles optimized for different workloads.

The feature does not appear limited to RTX Spark hardware and could potentially work with other systems that support compatible unified-memory architectures.

As with other experimental Windows features, there is no guarantee that IntelligentCarveout will reach a production version of Windows 11.

Microsoft continues to test several other changes for the operating system. A new mouse indicator was spotted recently, while the company has also shared a temporary fix for KB5121003 crashes and freezes.

Microsoft is also making changes to Windows code signing as it prepares the platform for stronger security requirements.

Via WindowsLatest