hp pavillion slimline

[Bradlynx69]

hi I have a HP Pavillion Slimline SS5545 UK Desktop PC which I have just installed a dedicated 2GB Graphics card, but when I go into settings it is using the card but also says it is using 1795 mb of shared memory . How do I stop it using the shared memory, I have looked in the Bios nothing in there to turn it off, I have updated the Bios but it still wants to use the shared memory aswell as the dedicated Graphics card can someone help me please !!!

[DavidPK]

Hi,

Open windows Control Panel, open Performance Information and Tools and click View and print detailed performance and system information.

Under the sub-heading 'Graphics', what is the figure allotted to Dedicated system memory?

Regards,

DP-K

[Bradlynx69]

hi there it says :- Total availible Graphics Memory 3839 mb

                               Dedicated Graphics Memory 2048 mb

                               Dedicated System Memory 0 Mb

                               Shared system Memory 1791 mb

Thanks

Also says Display Adaptor Type Intel (r) G41 Express Chipset, when the card I have installed into the PCI Express slot is a Nvidia GeForce GT 520 2GB card, and if you go into the bios the Graphics Adaptor is set to PCI-E so it should be using the card i have installed

[DavidPK]

Hi,

That looks correct.  Although there is an amount of Shared memory available, this isn't being reserved ( it would show as deicated system memory ) and in reality will never be accessed.  Regarding the fact that Windows still detects the embedded GPU, what are the Graphics and Gaming Graphics scores?

Regards,

DP-K