Dedicated video ram

[alexxfatal]

So I set up my pc yesterday and the system specifications are:

Cpu: i3 6100
Mobo: asus hm110m-k
Ram: hyper fury X 8gb
Psu: corsair vs550w
Hdd: WD blue 1TB
Case: Zalman t4 mini tower

As you see I don't have a gpu and I use my igpu from intel(hd 530). When I checked the system properties I saw that out of 8gb installed ram only 7.9gb is capable of using. I thought ok 100mb is used as VRAM by the cpu. But then I thought again : is this enough to play games? So I started to find a way to increase my "dedicated video memory". I changed my allocated video ram on BIOS to 1024 Mb. But then after I saved my settings and restarted my computer I checked my dedicated memory again(on windows-adnvanced seetings) and I saw 128mb. I checked the bios again and its 1024. So what is happening? Am I able to play games like far cry 3 and btf 4 with only 128 MB VRAM?

 

[bignastyid]

Its dynamic. What you changed was the high setting. With it set to 1gb the igpu can use upto 1gb of system ram as needed.

 

[alexxfatal]

So it will use automatically up to 1gb if needed? Am I ok now? Because on systemrequirementslab the app tha scanned my hardware showed that I don't have the minimum VRAM and I only have 128gb. Should I ignore this and just test games? Thank you so much for answering my question.

 

[bignastyid]

System requirements lab fails alot at its job. What game are you wanting to run?

 

[alexxfatal]

Borderlands 2, BTF 4, Far cry 3, dragon age inquisition, fifa 17. Of course the most of them in 720p Low settings.

 

[bignastyid]

Looks like youll be ok for the most part.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-530.148358.0.html

 

[alexxfatal]

Well let's see! What about direct X? I downloaded from microsoft a setup and installed it.

 

[bignastyid]

Directx is built into windows. You usually only have to download the update/fix when somethings not working.