Changing integrated-video memory?

[q00u]

I just received the HP DV6-6245dx, which has integrated graphics.

On the specs page, it says: Video Memory Up to 4085MB.

In fact, when I first started the computer (which had been upgraded to 16GB of ram), it DID seem to have that much RAM used as video memory. However, by the time I finished installing available updates, the video memory dropped to 512MB.

So, is the amount of video memory adjustable? Or is the information on the specifications page incorrect?

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Hi,

Information is correct.

Amount of video memory is adjustable only by system never by user.

[q00u]

So, the information on the specs page is NOT correct?

[salsatintin]

Hi,

I can't explain why installing updates would have changed anything on your available video memory. But on my HP laptop I can change the dedicated amount of memory used in the BIOS.

Peter

[q00u]

I think there was a BIOS update at some point (I let the HP tools automate that stuff). There were no options to adjust video memory when I first turned the computer on, but a BIOS update may have added them. I will check! Thanks for the tip, Peter.

[q00u]

Nope, no options in BIOS.

I think the information on the spec page _was_ correct, and then in a later update someone at HP thought "Why would anyone want 4 gigs of video memory?" and capped it at 512mb.

So, the information is wrong AND there's no way to adjust it. Super.

[q00u]

"Expert" Daniel_Potyrala said: "Information is correct."

I said: It isn't.

He said: "It's only your opinion."

Here is a screenshot from the specs page:

In my opinion, right there in the middle it says Video Memory up to 4085MB.

Here is my system:

I'm using the maximum supported RAM for this system. Integrated video memory scales with RAM. Previously, this said 12 GB usable, now it says 15.5 GB usable, 0.5 GB being used for video memory.

Here's a screenshot from HWiNFO64:

512 MBytes of video memory. In my opinion, of course.

Here's CPU-Z:

512 MBytes again!

So yes, in my opinion the specs pages says one thing and the computer says another.

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[DDotDacherDash]

hey, heres a link to ur hd-gpu-card>   http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6620G.54675.0.html  <Hp and D_P is right! ur lower-tier card might only hav 512mb dedicated but thanks to Hp bios it can borrow up to 3573 mb hypermemory totaling 4085~yahahay~!