how to dedicate more memory to video

[colombo944]

how do i dedicate more memory to the integrated video card?

i called HP tech support and all the did was try to sell me anti virus software. and wasted 30 minutes of my life.

i have 64MB dedicated and i want to dedicate 1GB, is there anyone at hp that knows how to answer this without selling me anythign?

[DavidPK]

Hi,

I'm afraid you can't increase the dedicated Ram - the capacity is physically built in to the chip.  You may be able to increase the ammount of 'shared ram' by adding more memory to the notebook, but in reality this will likely give little improvement.

Regards,

DP-K

[colombo944]

why does HP only dedicate 64MB to video????? i can't even run a game on this computer.

[DavidPK]

Hi,

The ammount of dedicated ram is decided by the manufacturer for that particular chip - is it an Intel chip?

Regards,

DP-K

[colombo944]

it is an intel HD r 3000 series

[DavidPK]

Hi,

I'm afraid it's not a very powerful chip, but there is little that can be done about - graphics chip ( or 'cards' ) are both physically soldered to the motherboard in notebooks and are not an upgradeable component.

Regards,

DP-K

[colombo944]

if i were to clip the chip off and buy a different one with better memory would that work right when i solder it in?

[DavidPK]

Hi,

No it wouldn't - there are quite a few reasons for this, not least is that the bios has a 'Whitelist' of allowed Hardware and would not allow the notebook to boot with a different chip.

Regards,

DP-K

[colombo944]

it says i can allocate 1.5GB to it but it wont let me and this is crap

[DavidPK]

Hi,

The allocation must be referring to system ram.

Regards,

DP-K