Radeon R5 230 - Were I misled into buying this???

[NBi RAM]

Ok so I bought a Lenovo G50-70 yesterday, Core i3 1.70, 4 RAM, AMD Radeon R5 2GB. I was excited to finally have a laptop with a video card separate from the motheboard, but when I got home I realised that it said 32mb dedicated video memory and 1792 mb shared video memory. I know what each of these means, but my question is - is there a way to put that shared memory into my dedicated, because everywhere I read on the net it said that the R5 230 ran on dedicated memory, then again I have only 32 mb. Even GTA IV says i have 32 mb video memory and won't let me play. What is going on? Is this just the drivers or were I misled into buying something that isn't what its supposed to be?

EDIT: I forgot to mention, which Im sorry for, the adapter which is displayed is Intel HD Graphics 4600 or something, not AMD Radeon R5 M230, does this affect the whole Dedicated Video memory situation?

 

[Woody1999]

The R5 230 is the worst R-series card you can buy, especially at the laptop level. The RAM issue means that the card only has 32MB of RAM dedicated to the card (integrated in the graphics card), and if needed it uses up to 1792MB of system RAM to supplement it. 32MB of RAM isnt enough to run anything at all, so yes, you were mislead.

I would recommend taking it back. How much did you spend on it?

Woody

 

[johnnyb105]

Google is your friend usually Laptops don't have a real strong GPU compared to a discreet Gpu card for desktop its usually a very water down Gpu most are called example m960 like mobile version of it.

 

[NBi RAM]

The R5 230 is the worst R-series card you can buy, especially at the laptop level. The RAM issue means that the card only has 32MB of RAM dedicated to the card (integrated in the graphics card), and if needed it uses up to 1792MB of system RAM to supplement it. 32MB of RAM isnt enough to run anything at all, so yes, you were mislead.

I would recommend taking it back. How much did you spend on it?

Woody

Around 380 euros, I really like the laptop tho, and since I'm not a hardcore gamer I wont be playing much, maybe Minecraft, what bothers me is that I expected one thing and got something completely different

EDIT: By having 32mb Vram it means that the system will be constantly demanding more and It will supply itself from the RAM, which is 4 gigs, am I right? This way the entire machine would be running slower, not only the video card, since the RAM is depleted more than it should be. Am I getting something wrong?

 

[NBi RAM]

Google is your friend usually Laptops don't have a real strong GPU compared to a discreet Gpu card for desktop its usually a very water down Gpu most are called example m960 like mobile version of it.

I googled that particular card and compared to others it looked pretty decent, 2GB DDR3, every single site said that, why I got something different, I dont know

 

[Woody1999]

Google is your friend usually Laptops don't have a real strong GPU compared to a discreet Gpu card for desktop its usually a very water down Gpu most are called example m960 like mobile version of it.

I googled that particular card and compared to others it looked pretty decent, 2GB DDR3, every single site said that, why I got something different, I dont know

Technically you did get 2GB of DDR3 offered to the graphics card, but only 32MB is reserved for the use of the card. The rest is fought over between CPU and GPU, leading to a slow laptop. A laptop with integrated graphics would be just as good.

Woody

 

[johnnyb105]

Yep Yep its called shared resources and it would of explain that in the info on google But anyhow good luck on your system and always before you buy read read and more reading and research can save you buyers remorse and heartache.