topic Re: how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7 in PCs & Accessories

how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

vikram883 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:21:34 GMT

hi dear community members please help me out,

i have VAIO VPCEB1M0E model, in that total availalbe graphics memory is 1755mb and dedicate V memory is 128mb i cant see how to increase dedicate memory in either BIOS mode or Graphics properties,

Bios i have limited access to change date,security tab,boot tab and exit thats it expect those i dont have access please gimme some good solution to increase dedicated ram

how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

Blencogo — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:03:59 GMT

Hi vikram883 and welcome.

You cannot change these values in Windows 7 or in Vista. Microsoft have decided that Windows can manage these parameters better than users can and so there are no user controls.

On most PCs these days, dedicated video memory is a physical RAM chip that is part of the graphics chipset and is impossible to change. Windows adds shared memory to this from available RAM, up to the maximum of 1755MB automatically when the running applications (like games) require more memory.

A few computers may allow you to set a maximum for this shared memory in the BIOS but probably all OEM Manufacturers do not allow such changes in the BIOS.

The only thing you can do now as a user is to make sure you always have sufficient free RAM by maxing out the RAM.

It has been some years now since you could change these values. Microsoft attributed a very significant number of computer crashes to users setting inappropriate values and so removed the facility.

Re: how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

mithcd — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:05:23 GMT

Thanks for that but I quite confused here as Microsoft still have a guide for this.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory

Re: how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

Blencogo — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:44:58 GMT

mithcd wrote:

Thanks for that but I quite confused here as Microsoft still have a guide for this.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Change-the-size-of-virtual-memory

Unfortunately you seem to be confused permanently! This guide is for something completely different.

Your link is to how to change VIRTUAL MEMORY - this has nothing at all to do with VIDEO MEMORY.

Do you know anything about computers?

Re: how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

vikram883 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:17:36 GMT

Thanks Blencogo,

i tired FIFA11 and CALL OF DUTY these two games to check my video card, it failed to change this Vmemory whatever memory was dedicated it is same after runing these two games (not simultaneously one after other)

more over i check this with other samsung laptop it is changing.

finally i have restored complete system still i am not able to get this

how to change Dedicated VRAM in windows7

vikram883 — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:34:28 GMT

thanks Mithcd, i really appreciate

that link is related to virtual memory which means whenever your trying to open any application that will stores in this memory and then will run and Videomemory is something related to display like giving good graphical display to the application

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