Increasing VM's vram beyond 256mb

[peter234]

As the title says i can't increase the vram of my virtual machine beyond 256mb :/. Would be nice if i could get up on 1-2gb (ive got 3 in total)
It's kinda laggy and stuff. I'm using the newest version of virtual box!
Thanks in advance.
(Running a fresh install of windows 10)

 

[neieus]

That's odd... I've used Virtual box and allocated 1-4GB to a VM and I'm sure you can add more I just never had a reason to.

 

[mattbar]

That's odd... I've used Virtual box and allocated 1-4GB to a VM and I'm sure you can add more I just never had a reason to.

I second that

 

[peter234]

Also I'm experiencing technical difficulties at the end of the windows 10 installation. I get an error screen on my ''real pc''
Went into the dump logs and got this error.

Maybe i missed the vram part, ill check again.

 

[mattbar]

I found this "NDIS is a legitimate system driver for your network interface controller. However, malware has often been disguised using this file name. "

why anything network related would be crashing is beyond me haha

 

[peter234]

I found this "NDIS is a legitimate system driver for your network interface controller. However, malware has often been disguised using this file name. "

why anything network related would be crashing is beyond me haha

I'll try not giving it a network driver at all, then install it. Be back!

 

[peter234]

To everyone having the crash problem, i used a bridge adapter in the settings and my orginal driver was killer ethernet 2200. I switched to the NAT adapter instead and that fixed it.

 

[peter234]

I still can't change my vram beyond 256mb

Its grey because im running it.

 

[mattbar]

o you mean video ram not virtual ram LOL. I would think that is for IGP if your cpu has one built in

 

[mattbar]

Install graphic drivers on virtual machine

 

[peter234]

Install graphic drivers on virtual machine

You sure thats gonna work?

 

[mattbar]

Install graphic drivers on virtual machine

You sure thats gonna work?

no it won't i found this

"I read a long discussion in virtualbox forum, why it can't be done. But it said, those software emulates hardware and drivers (to be used in guest) are written according to that. There are severe limitation to emulate a 3D graphics card because the drivers are closed source."

 

[peter234]

Install graphic drivers on virtual machine

You sure thats gonna work?

no it won't i found this

"I read a long discussion in virtualbox forum, why it can't be done. But it said, those software emulates hardware and drivers (to be used in guest) are written according to that. There are severe limitation to emulate a 3D graphics card because the drivers are closed source."

So there's no way to allocate more vram ;/?

 

[mattbar]

I guess not, but there is always the option of using another hard drive and installing the OS you want on it

 

[peter234]

I guess not, but there is always the option of using another hard drive and installing the OS you want on it

Damn, thats a bummer. Will VMware work?

 

[mattbar]

I guess not, but there is always the option of using another hard drive and installing the OS you want on it

Damn, thats a bummer. Will VMware work?

No it won't I found this on vmware forum

"No you cannot assign your graphics card to the virtual machine as your host would no longer have a graphics card to use. The hardware your virtual machine sees is virtual, not actual hardware.

For more on the concepts, have a look at Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion and in particular the paragraph "Virtual Hardware"."

 

[peter234]

I guess not, but there is always the option of using another hard drive and installing the OS you want on it

Damn, thats a bummer. Will VMware work?

No it won't I found this on vmware forum

"No you cannot assign your graphics card to the virtual machine as your host would no longer have a graphics card to use. The hardware your virtual machine sees is virtual, not actual hardware.

For more on the concepts, have a look at Frequently Asked Questions about VMware Fusion and in particular the paragraph "Virtual Hardware"."

Damn, Man i just wanted to allocate a bit more vram to mah computer 🙁, why does nobody allow that. I'd be forever thankful if you could find me a vm that allows me to do so )).

 

[mattbar]

I found this

"Note: Ensure that Video Adapter settings for the parent virtual machine is set to Auto-Detect before making these changes.

Edit the pool settings in the VMware View Connection Server Admin portal.
Increase the number of monitors and the resolution to the maximum value.
Shutdown and then power on all the virtual machines in the pool using the vSphere Client.

This sets the video memory to maximum setting, between 125 MB to 128 MB."

VMware actually has 128mb max video memory allocation xD

 

[peter234]

I found this

"Note: Ensure that Video Adapter settings for the parent virtual machine is set to Auto-Detect before making these changes.

Edit the pool settings in the VMware View Connection Server Admin portal.
Increase the number of monitors and the resolution to the maximum value.
Shutdown and then power on all the virtual machines in the pool using the vSphere Client.

This sets the video memory to maximum setting, between 125 MB to 128 MB."

VMware actually has 128mb max video memory allocation xD

FK! xD, why do they even put a cap on the allocation.
I just need a bit more video ram, is that too much to ask for? xD

 

[mattbar]

When video cards run out of vram they start using ram. Maybe that is the same case with virtual machine's vitural video memory?

 

[peter234]

When video cards run out of vram they start using ram. Maybe that is the same case with virtual machine's vitural video memory?

It's not even possible for normal ram to be used as video ram tho XD, if i remember correctly..

 

[mattbar]

this is also kind of happening to me. after 2-3 minutes of my pc turning on, the computer will crash to either a grey,blue,black screen and i have to hard reset it. this started happening when i found out that only 1 of my 2 4gb sticks was working. the computer crashes only when 2 sticks are in but when only 1 stick is in the computer is fine. i dont know if this affects my fps as i am getting anywhere form 2-60 fps on bf1 on low settings. i built my computer tonight (in australia) and im so upset as i had saved 3 months to buy it.

If you just built the computer and the ram you got is bad then they will replace it for you for free

 

[mattbar]

Maybe ram can't be used and vram but this suggests that it can or atleast somewhat can
https://s23.postimg.org/bmtp75jkr/New_Bitmap_Image_5.jpg

 

[peter234]

And suddenly out of nowhere i get this

Great.... Now tell me there is a quick fix for this..
God am i starting to hate this program, and yes i already reinstalled it.