I have CachyOS installed onto my Steam Deck, which has 16 GB of RAM. CachyOS shows that I have 11.5 GB of RAM. I don’t know how long I’ve had this issue, so I’m assuming it’s been this way since installation. I searched the forums for this issue but I don’t see anything regarding my issue. Thanks in advance.
What’s probably happening here is a chunk of your RAM is being used by your APU as its VRAM. You can check the VRAM of the APU and add it to your RAM. You should get the total 16GBs.
I did set my BIOS to allocate 4 GB of VRAM for increased gaming performance, so I think you’re right. I was confused on why it wasn’t showing me the correct amount of total RAM. Thanks!