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‎12-09-2019 01:47 AM

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Product: Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, I am wondering if I can allocate more VRAM to my Vega 8 graphics processor. I have a Pavilion Laptop 15-cw1xxx and I cannot access the 'Advanced' setting in the BIOS in order to do this, I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would help solve my issue as I recently upgraded my RAM for this particular reason. Thank you!

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‎12-09-2019 09:38 AM

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@moe798 

Sorry no, as VRAM is specialized memory soldered to the system board and you can't add more of that.



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‎12-17-2019 10:33 AM

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I do not understand how the VRAM is soldered onto the board if my laptop literally shares the RAM with my APU which is the reason why I had to get more RAM in the first place. I don't think that makes any sense. I was using a program and it that 2.1 GBs of memory was reserved for the system, which is the 2 GBs that my Vega 8 uses.

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‎02-14-2020 07:16 PM

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VRAM is virtual Ram and uses your RAM... soldered into the board?  This guy is trying to convince you that it's hardware related as opposed to HP limiting access to the Basic Input Output Software, aka BIOS.  HP removed the option to allocate VRAM (with the main concern being individuals overclocking the CPU, so no advanced BIOS settings), if you had an ASUS no problem to "unsolder and re-solder" to the motherboard with some click of your keyboard, or mouse with a UEFI that can modify BIOS settings.  You should be able change your VRAM!  Allocating VRAM is not harmful to the system and should be an option due to the high performance gains in graphical power for all sorts of applications.

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‎02-15-2020 07:45 AM

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@JMacAMD 

Actually, NO it does not. VRAM stands for Video Random Accessed RAM, not Virtual RAM. VRAM is the special video RAM chips soldered to the motherboard, or if there is a separate one, the graphics board.


What you are taking about is Shared Memory -- and that is System RAM that (sometimes) can be allocated to handle video.

 

IF you PC has VRAM, it does not also use Shared Memory, and you can NOT allocate any more VRAM than the chips already there.



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