How do I increase my dedicated video ram on a laptop?

[Krutterlax]

I entered systemrequirementslab.com to see if my laptop could play Skyrim. Everything passed except my dedicated video ram. It said 0b. Here are my specs:

HP Envy 15 x360 Convertible PC

4th Generation Intel Core i5-4210u Processor (1.7 GHz)
750 GB Hard Drive
8192 DDR3 SDRAM
Windows 8.1
15.6" Diagonal Full HD LED Display
8GB of Memory

PLEASE HELP!

 

[kanewolf]

You don't have a dedicated graphics card so you don't have dedicated video ram. The RAM used by the graphics processor on the CPU is shared system memory.

 

[Tradesman1]

You can increase the system DRAM which will then share more to the GPU

 

[Krutterlax]

You don't have a dedicated graphics card so you don't have dedicated video ram. The RAM used by the graphics processor on the CPU is shared system memory.

So when I'm playing games, the game will take its needed Video Ram from my 8gb? Will I still be able to play games like Skyrim?

 

[Krutterlax]

You can increase the system DRAM which will then share more to the GPU

How can I do that?

 

[Tradesman1]

Yes and that DRAM won't be available for hte games themselves, so if you play games needing a lot of DRAM then you will want planty of DRAM, many will go 12-16GB if their laptop will take it

 

[Krutterlax]

Yes and that DRAM won't be available for hte games themselves, so if you play games needing a lot of DRAM then you will want planty of DRAM, many will go 12-16GB if their laptop will take it

How do I increase my DRAM?

 

[Tradesman1]

If the laptop isn't maxed out, you add/upgrade the current DRAM

 

[Krutterlax]

If the laptop isn't maxed out, you add/upgrade the current DRAM

How do I check to see if it is maxed out or if I need to add DRAM?

 

[kanewolf]

This PDF -- http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04341936.pdf from hp says you are already maxed out at 8GB.

 

[Tradesman1]

Kanewolf beat me to it

 

[Krutterlax]

So do you think that with my current computer I can play Skyrim?

 

[Tradesman1]

It should run yes, how well I'm not sure 😉