How to Icrease Dedicated Memory

[Mado]

I found that my dedicated memory only 64 MB which are to small for Gaming
However the same Pc on win XP the vega was 1 GB
and when i try to icrease it from bios it icreased to only 144 MB and this affect using memory and decrease it
so any one can help me
to find a solution

 

[zigzag3143]

I found that my dedicated memory only 64 MB which are to small for Gaming
However the same Pc on win XP the vega was 1 GB
and when i try to icrease it from bios it icreased to only 144 MB and this affect using memory and decrease it
so any one can help me
to find a solution

Dedicated is physically built onto the chipset. Shared uses system meory (ram) and your total is 1695.

You cant change what is built onto the card. If you have a desktop (doubtful) you can add a graphics card. Otherwise your stuck with it.

 

[Mado]

Dedicated is physically built onto the chipset. Shared uses system meory (ram) and your total is 1695.

You cant change what is built onto the card. If you have a desktop (doubtful) you can add a graphics card. Otherwise your stuck with it.

Thank you I apperciate your effort
but why on win XP on the same pc it was 1024MB
and what you recomend me to use a graphic card e.g. Navidia Thanks again

 

[Ivan the SoSo]

What is your budget and what brand and wattage power supply are you using?

 

[Mado]

i don not know wattage but it's brand jumbo
my budget lol i need something play the most common games it require e.g navidia 8800

 

[whs]

The wattage of the PSU is important. Most better graphics cards neeed a lot of power and I doubt that your stock PSU can handle that. It may not even have a spare lead for it. Check into the manual of your PC (it should be available on-line at your PC's manufacturer site) how many Watts the PSU has. You will most likely have to change the PSU when you want to install a graphics card with any reasonable power.

 

[stormy13]

Easier to pop the side panel off and read the label on the side of the power supply, then either look it up or post it here and we can look it up.

 

[whs]

Easier to pop the side panel off and read the label on the side of the power supply, then either look it up or post it here and we can look it up.

Hmm, would not be easier for me. Crawling under the desk, unplugging the wires, dragging the box out and opening it would be too much for an old man - LOL.

Checking on the web is a lot easier.

 

[stormy13]

Not if the manufacturer is anything like Dell or HP where all they list in the specs and/or manual for the power supply is what its total wattage is, nothing about amps or anything else.

Unless it is a custom build and the builder provided a detailed list of what was used, the only way to know what is inside as far as the power supply goes is to look at it.

 

[whs]

Well, I have both Dell and HP boxes and they have the info in the manual. And amps come with the Wattage - no need to worry about that. But everybody has his own ways.

 

[logicearth]

but why on win XP on the same pc it was 1024MB

Because, drivers and the system lie. It doesn't tell you that 960 MB of the 1024 MB VRAM stated is actually using the system RAM.

 

[cyclic]

With some Bios setups you can allocate more memory (system Ram) to be available to your graphics card. It's not fast it just allows your Ram to be hoovered up by the card for texturing, nothing else. I'ts not worth the loos of your Ram to the system. I believe a new card would be the optimum solution.

 

[fseal]

Given that the video is an onboard intel chip then for gaming yes, definitely go get an nvidia 265 card for something fast and cheap

But likely the real problem is that the drive for Windows 7 for that chip set (at least the one you have installed now) is not as good as the one you had installed for XP.

You can go to intel's website and look for a newer Windows 7 driver, that may fix it. But in the end, even if it does, that graphics chip is not going to be "good" for gaming anyway :/

 

[badger906]

i have a dell work station desktop pc, which doesnt say a thing about its psu on the psu lol, its not even ATX form factor then again it does roll with a pentium 4 cpu .. then again its only use is to keep me occupied when i cant be bothered to go home from work and sleep in my den on its 3rd floor

 

[stormy13]

Adam it is likely there on the other side of the PSU. Wouldn't be the first Dell I've seen where the PSU is mounted so that you have to remove it to find the label.

 

[badger906]

Yeah thats a good point. lol that would just make it effort im not complaining, pc only cost me £20 on ebay with express shipping probably the first and only dell i shall own