why showing 128 mb dedicated video memory in 2gb Nvidia graphics card

[rajdude1505]

Hi, my name is Vishalnand I am using HP pavilion dv6000 notebook which has 4 gb ram, Nvidia GeForce 8400m GS graphic card of 2gb and showing total available graphics memory 2175 MB but why it shows dedicated video memory 128 mb. I can't play any graphics games smoothly. Can I increase this upto 1024 mb or at least 512mb. Please help.

 

[markusmcnugen]

I think the dedicated memory should be 256MB according to the product page. Im not sure why yours is reporting 128MB of dedicated memory.

https://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8400M.html

You cannot increase the dedicated memory. The GPU has the memory modules soldered into the main PCB board. Laptop GPUs use whatever built-in memory they are provided, and then use the PCs RAM as a secondary set of memory, but it's much slower.

Your only option is to purchase a laptop with a better dedicated graphics card, or lower the graphics settings on games to the lowest possible settings and hope its playable.