How do I increase VRAM Intel(R) HD Graphics (Core i3) on HP 7100 Elite MT?

[xtremexyz]

How do I increase VRAM Intel(R) HD Graphics (Core i3) on HP 7100 Elite MT? I tried the GMM method of making a DWORD, didn't work, tried QWORD aswell, still didn't work. On BIOS, there's DVMT and dedicated video memory, only booting to Windows XP. But there's only 32mb, 64mb, and 128mb, I want to increase to 1024mb but there's no option.

 

[13thmonkey]

it can't possibly be done in windows, so i've no idea what you've done with dword and qword in reg, hope that's not going to cause a problem for you.

It'll be in bios, the dedicated video memory should give you options to increase it .

 

[xtremexyz]

it can't possibly be done in windows, so i've no idea what you've done with dword and qword in reg, hope that's not going to cause a problem for you.

It'll be in bios, the dedicated video memory should give you options to increase it .

There's only 3 options, 32mb, 64mb, and 128mb, i want to increase to 1024mb.

 

[xtremexyz]

it can't possibly be done in windows, so i've no idea what you've done with dword and qword in reg, hope that's not going to cause a problem for you.

It'll be in bios, the dedicated video memory should give you options to increase it .

There is only 3 options in the dvm options, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB. I selected 128MB and it did appear on Display Adapter Properties as 128MB but I want it to increase to 1024MB but there's no option for that.

 

[13thmonkey]

so it's been limited not to do it.

If your game goes past the assigned ram, it'll just use normal ram, which unlike in a GPU is exactly the same speed, because it is the same memory.

 

[xtremexyz]

so it's been limited not to do it.

If your game goes past the assigned ram, it'll just use normal ram, which unlike in a GPU is exactly the same speed, because it is the same memory.

I'm thinking of buying a GPU, which one will be good for my PC? Only 1GB GPUs.

 

[13thmonkey]

It looks like you can fit a normal GPU in there, BUT the PSU may be a problem, they only list very low end GPU's as being a stock option hence why I suspect that the PSU will struggle. a 750ti/1050 would be nice though, depending on budget.

 

[xtremexyz]

It looks like you can fit a normal GPU in there, BUT the PSU may be a problem, they only list very low end GPU's as being a stock option hence why I suspect that the PSU will struggle. a 750ti/1050 would be nice though, depending on budget.

I'm worrying about the BIOS, if I get a graphics card and the BIOS don't recognise it because the BIOS is old, also I can't find any BIOS updates for my PC.

 

[13thmonkey]

it's more a question of whether you have a uefi bios or not. 700 series doesn't care.

 

[xtremexyz]

it's more a question of whether you have a uefi bios or not. 700 series doesn't care.

How do I check? I don't think it's a UEFI, i'm not sure.

 

[SoNic67]

An GX960 will work in either case (BIOS/UEFI) - it did in my older PC with standard BIOS. Newer GPU than that... I don't know.
Get the latest BIOS from here first:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-elite-7100-microtower-pc/4132189