can i upgrade vram

[mnj976]

i need to upgrade my vram and I don't know if I can here are my details

Dedicated Memory

128mb

Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz




Video Card

Intel(R) HD Graphics 520




RAM

8.0 GB




Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393), 64-bit

128 MB



Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz




Video Card

Intel(R) HD Graphics 520




RAM

8.0 GB




Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10 (build 14393), 64-bit

 

[PC-4LIFE]

VRAM is a part of your graphics card.
You're running on integrated. For more VRAM you need a dedicated card. No other loop hole.

 

[TMTOWTSAC]

Technically, you can allocate more RAM to your GPU through your BIOS. But I'm assuming you want to do this in order to get a game to load. There's very little chance of that game running, and even less of getting a playable frame rate this way. Integrated GPU's without dedicated VRAM don't meet the minimum requirements for those in pretty much all but a few isolated instances.

 

[offroadguy56]

iGPUs have a small ammount of dedicated ram, usually only a few hundred MB at best. iGPUs will share system ram with the rest of the cpu. Usually taking only what it needs up to a certain point. If you want to increase the performance of your iGPU you can either upgrade the CPU, which at that point you may as well go with the option of buying a dedicated video card. However you can also increase the performance by going with faster ram if your CPU and motherboard support faster speeds.

 

[mnj976]

I have 128 vram yeah and apparently to some youtube video I can edit the registry so its 512mb I just wanna play some better game because atm I cant

 

[offroadguy56]

I have 128 vram yeah and apparently to some youtube video I can edit the registry so its 512mb I just wanna play some better game because atm I cant

Dedicated VRAM is a set amount. It cannot be changed. Shared VRAM can however.

There are some programs out there however, that will spoof a different video card on your system. You run the application and you can make games and programs think you have a different video card. These results are unstable and rarely work in some cases but it's worth a try.

 

[Scottray]

Let's get things straight. Integrated video memory is controlled by the OS. The bios setting just guarantees that a minimum amount of your dram is set aside for video. Let's say that the program you're running needs 1GB of memory to display video. As long as 1GB is available, that's what will be used. It doesn't matter if the bios is set to 128MB or 512MB. Changing your integrated video ram setting is not going to fix your issue.

A lot of games require the hardware that's in a dedicated GPU (and is not available in the integrated video of your i3 CPU). Consequently, to play better games, you're going to have to buy and install a GPU. A nice GPU to go with your i3, would be a GTX 1060 with 6GB of VRAM. Thiswould allow you to play all the latest games at decent frame rates. A step down in price is a GTX 1060 3GB. Last, would be a GTX 1050. It's certainly a step up from integrated graphics. However, you may find it limiting down the road for more hardware demanding games.