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  • I think by disappear he meant whether e.g. the value under the column Total (instead of just free/available) in free would be constantly changing as the iGPU/driver allocates (and releases) memory. Commented Nov 6, 2024 at 9:19
  • Total doesn't change. Commented Nov 6, 2024 at 10:00
  • Thanks, that confirms something I've long suspected, I'll accept the answer! (Tangentially: I'm particularly curious about how Linux handles contention between VRAM and RAM for iGPUs ; in low memory conditions having a separate subsystem invisibly compete for memory sounds like a recipe for disaster.) Commented Nov 7, 2024 at 21:57