How to increase dedicated video RAM to run Dark Souls 3

[Jcenter25]

Just got dark souls and booted it up. My frames per second is at an unplayable rate. On canyourunit.com it says I have 64 mb of the minimum requirement of 2048 MB Dedicated Video RAM http://. I have 8 GB of RAM, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4430 CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.GHz processor, GeForce GTX 645 graphics card and Windows 7 OS. How do I increase my dedicated video RAM to a playable rate?

 

[Gam3r01]

You arent using your video card, since its reading your integrated graphics.
Are you plugged into your graphics card, and not the motherboard?

 

[Jcenter25]

Not exactly sure how you check that

 

[Gam3r01]

Look on the back of your computer, is the cable to the monitor plugged into the motherboard (where the USB/sound ports are) or is it plugged in somewhere else?

 

[James Mason]

I'm not exactly sure if his gtx 645 is actually good enough for DS3, but the rest of his computer is.

 

[Gam3r01]

It would be better than the HD graphics, but I agree.

 

[Jcenter25]

Look on the back of your computer, is the cable to the monitor plugged into the motherboard (where the USB/sound ports are) or is it plugged in somewhere else?

It is plugged into the hdmi port in the back of my PC

 

[Jcenter25]

It would be better than the HD graphics, but I agree.

didn't mean to choose as best answer, oops

 

[James Mason]

Look on the back of your computer, is the cable to the monitor plugged into the motherboard (where the USB/sound ports are) or is it plugged in somewhere else?

It is plugged into the hdmi port in the back of my PC

Is the HDMI port on the motherboard? like next to the Ethernet port and the USB ports? or by itself with other video outputs?
It needs to be plugged into the one that looks like this:

 

[Jcenter25]

Look on the back of your computer, is the cable to the monitor plugged into the motherboard (where the USB/sound ports are) or is it plugged in somewhere else?

It is plugged into the hdmi port in the back of my PC

Is the HDMI port on the motherboard? like next to the Ethernet port and the USB ports? or by itself with other video outputs?
It needs to be plugged into the one that looks like this:

yes it is plugged in near the ports in the picture

 

[farmerking]

try reinstall your graphic driver

 

[James Mason]

yes it is plugged in near the ports in the picture

Near or actually in one of those ports? if you have the GPU you say you do, it should look exactly like that.

 

[Jcenter25]

yes it is plugged in near the ports in the picture

Near or actually in one of those ports? if you have the GPU you say you do, it should look exactly like that.

Yeah it is plugged into the middle port in the picture. Sorry for the bad answer.

 

[Jcenter25]

try reinstall your graphic driver

I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and nothing changed

 

[Supernova1138]

Well, you're going to need a GPU upgrade, the GTX 645 is a really weak GPU, not much better than your integrated graphics and well below the minimum requirements for the game which calls for a GTX 750Ti at absolute minimum. Dark Souls 3 doesn't have that many graphical options to scale down and as such you can't get it to run all that great on low end hardware, at least not without maybe hacking the config files to disable graphical features and make the game really ugly as a result.

 

[chimera201]

I'm not sure whether that third party site detects properly or not. So just to be sure go to Start menu and type dxdiag.exe and open it. Go to the display tab and post a pic of it.

My guess is that you haven't installed the proper Nvidia drivers if it's detecting the integrated graphics. Even when the problem is sorted out, GTX 645 still has only 1GB dedicated VRAM.

 

[Jcenter25]

I'm not sure whether that third party site detects properly or not. So just to be sure go to Start menu and type dxdiag.exe and open it. Go to the display tab and post a pic of it.

My guess is that you haven't installed the proper Nvidia drivers if it's detecting the integrated graphics. Even when the problem is sorted out, GTX 645 still has only 1GB dedicated VRAM.

https://gyazo.com/d4fd259992696be0376bc679eaf49491

 

[Jcenter25]

It seems like everyone is suggesting I need a new GPU. What can I get for $200 or less that can run DS3 well. I know NVIDIA has sales right now.

 

[Supernova1138]

You can definitely get a card for that price that would be a huge improvement over the GTX 645. However, it would be good to know what sort of power supply you have. The GTX 645 is an OEM only card, and prebuilt systems with that card tend to have weak power supplies that can limit your GPU upgrade options.

 

[Jcenter25]

You can definitely get a card for that price that would be a huge improvement over the GTX 645. However, it would be good to know what sort of power supply you have. The GTX 645 is an OEM only card, and prebuilt systems with that card tend to have weak power supplies that can limit your GPU upgrade options.

I have an external power supply https://gyazo.com/8fa5df960cb02613f5654502c87acf33

 

[Supernova1138]

Ah, you have one of those Alienware console form factor systems, don't you? That really limits your options, the power supply is weak and the case might only take low profile graphics cards. The power supply is only 240 Watts which pretty much eliminates any possibility of upgrading. Dell only offers a 330 Watt external PSU as an optional extra for these systems, so that's your only power supply upgrade path unless you want to try transplanting your components into a standard form factor case and getting a regular ATX power supply.

A GTX 750Ti might work with your current power supply, but you would be cutting it really close. Anything more powerful than that will definitely require a better power supply.

 

[Jcenter25]

Ah, you have one of those Alienware console form factor systems, don't you? That really limits your options, the power supply is weak and the case might only take low profile graphics cards. The power supply is only 240 Watts which pretty much eliminates any possibility of upgrading. Dell only offers a 330 Watt external PSU as an optional extra for these systems, so that's your only power supply upgrade path unless you want to try transplanting your components into a standard form factor case and getting a regular ATX power supply.

A GTX 750Ti might work with your current power supply, but you would be cutting it really close. Anything more powerful than that will definitely require a better power supply.

Yeah, so would the best option be getting a new external PSU and a new GPU? Is getting the GTX 750Ti even worth it? How pricey is a new power supply and what GPU could I get with that? Maybe the GTX 960?

 

[Supernova1138]

Well, Dell charges an arm and a leg for an external PSU for your system, see here. That will eat most of your budget. A GTX 750Ti is a decent jump over a GTX 645, but it is only considered to be an entry level card these days, it's not going to do high-ultra settings 60FPS at 1080p on modern titles. Sadly, the 750Ti is really your only option unless you want to pay Dell's insane prices for the better power adapter and pray something like a GTX 960 would work, even that might be tight on only 330 Watts.

You might want to seriously consider looking into transplanting your system to a more standard form factor case and getting a regular PSU, that would give you a lot more upgrade options, unless Dell has put some sort of proprietary form factor motherboard in there that can't be transplanted in that way.

 

[Jcenter25]

Well, Dell charges an arm and a leg for an external PSU for your system, see here. That will eat most of your budget. A GTX 750Ti is a decent jump over a GTX 645, but it is only considered to be an entry level card these days, it's not going to do high-ultra settings 60FPS at 1080p on modern titles. Sadly, the 750Ti is really your only option unless you want to pay Dell's insane prices for the better power adapter and pray something like a GTX 960 would work, even that might be tight on only 330 Watts.

You might want to seriously consider looking into transplanting your system to a more standard form factor case and getting a regular PSU, that would give you a lot more upgrade options, unless Dell has put some sort of proprietary form factor motherboard in there that can't be transplanted in that way.

I think my best and easiest option is to just get the 750Ti. I don't care if I get high quality graphics, I just want to at least play DS3 and Farcry primal on low settings with good FPS.

 

[Supernova1138]

Yeah, that will probably be the best you can do. Make sure to get a stock clocked 750Ti that requires no external power connector. The factory overclocked models may require a 6 pin connector that you may not even have, or even if you do would probably overload the power supply.