GPU not using the correct amount of VRAM

[Daniel2302]

hi, i have purchased the HP Pavilion 550-123a and ive noticed that it is using 1GB of Viedo ram and if i look up the gpu (AMD Radeon R5 330) it has 2Gb.

Figure : AMD Radeon R5 330 graphics card

• Board: 4 layer
• Dimensions: 4.518 in x 2.712 in
• Memory size: 2 GB
• Engine clock: 650 MHz
• Memory clock: 900 MHz
• Multi Display Support: N/A
• Supports Blu-ray
• Total power consumption: <25 W

[TheN00bBuilder]

See if this guide helps you, you need to change the amount of VRAM allocated in the BIOS.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/change-memory-allocated-graphics-card-58676.html

[Daniel2302]

I can’t seem to find it in the bios

[TheN00bBuilder]

Did you see something called "UMA Frame Buffer Size"?

[Daniel2302]

Sorry, no

[Daniel2302]

To be honest, I don’t actually know if I was in the bois, cause all f1, f2 and delete had their own thing and none of them looked like the bios that I’m know of

[TheN00bBuilder]

That's fine. Make sure the default video card is set to the 330 in the BIOS if it isn't already.

[Daniel2302]

The options only went to system diagnostics and system information, no bios

[TheN00bBuilder]

That's odd. Try something in Windows for me...

Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options, and set it to "High Performance" if it is not there already.

[Daniel2302]

Already on high