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'''VRAM'''<ref name="urlHow Much VRAM Do You Need For Gaming? [2021 Guide]">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamingscan.com/how-much-vram-do-i-need/ |title=How Much VRAM Do You Need For Gaming? [2021 Guide] |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> is a common abbreviation for '''Video Random Access Memory''', which is the dedicated memory a [[GPU]] store and access the pixels[[pixel]]s and other graphics data displayedrendered on a computer monitor. This is often different technology than other computer memory, to facilitate being read rapidly to draw the image. In some systems this memory cannot be read/written using the same methods as normal memory; it is not [[memory mapped]].

The term "VRAM" sometimes means a specific technology used in the 1980s to implement it, [[Video RAM (dual-ported DRAM)|dual-ported DRAM]].