Shared System Memory for Gaming?

[Car4David]

Hello,
I am interested in Battlefield 3. My computer exceeds in every area except for the video ram. I found out about shared system memory and just want to know if BF3 would pull Ram out of my computer to use as video ram?

Thanks!

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Specs would help us answer... ?

All the best Brett

 

[Car4David]

Hi

Specs would help us answer... ?

All the best Brett

i have 256mb of video ram and 1642mb of shared

 

[Brett928S2]

i have 256mb of video ram and 1642mb of shared

Hi

By specs i meant cpu and gpu and ram etc... machine specs...

All the best Brett

 

[Car4David]

Hi

By specs i meant cpu and gpu and ram etc... machine specs...

All the best Brett

oh i knew that 😀
I have a amd raedon 6530d graphics card with 4 gb of ram
my processor is an A6-3600 running Windows 8 release preview

 

[Brett928S2]

oh i knew that 😀
I have a amd raedon 6530d graphics card with 4 gb of ram
my processor is an A6-3600 running Windows 8 release preview

Hi

Umm you sort of forgot to mention its a laptop ..lol

As far as BF3 is concerned...maybe on low...as that's not a graphics card at all...

All the best Brett

 

[sscultima]

could that not also be a desktop..

either way its an APU and you wont get much gaming performance out of it without a dedicated GPU

 

[Car4David]

Hi

Umm you sort of forgot to mention its a laptop ..lol

As far as BF3 is concerned...maybe on low...as that's not a graphics card at all...

All the best Brett

It's a desktop computer lol
May I also ask what you mean when you say it's not a graphics card
Thanks!

 

[Brett928S2]

It's a desktop computer lol
May I also ask what you mean when you say it's not a graphics card
Thanks!

Hi

Are you saying you actually have a SEPERATE graphics card ?

All the best Brett

 

[Car4David]

Hi

Are you saying you actually have a SEPERATE graphics card ?

All the best Brett

sorry but I honestly don't know what you mean. I haven't done anything (hardware-wise) with my computer since I got it.

 

[Car4David]

could that not also be a desktop..

either way its an APU and you wont get much gaming performance out of it without a dedicated GPU

okay thanks for that insight!

May I ask what a APU is, thought?

 

[Brett928S2]

okay thanks for that insight!

May I ask what a APU is, thought?

Hi

An APU = a cpu WITH graphics built into the cpu chip....

Does cpu wotk reasonably and graphics are crap generally... which is why for a GAMER you NEED a separate graphics card...they range from £30 to over £1000...

The more you pay for a graphics card the better you get, most gamers would pay at least £200...

All the best Brett

 

[Car4David]

Hi

An APU = a cpu WITH graphics built into the cpu chip....

Does cpu wotk reasonably and graphics are crap generally... which is why for a GAMER you NEED a separate graphics card...they range from £30 to over £1000...

The more you pay for a graphics card the better you get, most gamers would pay at least £200...

All the best Brett

oh I get it now.
Thanks for everything I think I'll skip Battlefield for now until I get a better graphics card

 

[Car4David]

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