Bios can't assign memory to video.

Stianofp

Stianofp

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Greetings.

I have a problem, I've recently bought a notebook it's an Acer V5 431 with 6GB of ram (it comes with only 2GB by default) , 500GB of capacity, Intel Processor Intel Celeron 877 (1.40GHz) 2 cores. I've just installed Windows 7 Ultimate x64 to use all the ram on it, but I have an issue with video memory since I got a lot of memory ram I would like to assign more to video, but when I try to assign more in the BIOS I don't have the option to do that, is there anything I can do?

I've decided to ask here because I ran out of posibilities searching on Internet, without guidance.

Thanks.
 
Jithin Kundoor said:
U can find the BIOS settings in advanced BIOS setup.
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Thanks for your answer, but the BIOS doesn't have an advanced option. There a section where I can see my total memory and video, but it's just for info. I know how to add memory to dedicated video, it's not that I don't know how to do it, the thing is there's no option to do it.
 
Windows automatically allocates some of your RAM for your GPU.. I have a 1Gb 650 Ti, and 8 Gb Kit of Corsair RAM, dxdiag shows my GPU has an approx. total memory of 2750MB.
 
Jan Benedict said:
Windows automatically allocates some of your RAM for your GPU.. I have a 1Gb 650 Ti, and 8 Gb Kit of Corsair RAM, dxdiag shows my GPU has an approx. total memory of 2750MB.
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Thank for your reply, but dxdiag shows that the system only assigned 128mb to video and I have approximately 1000 mb to spare. And if Windows automatically allocates memory I can't detect the performance difference. I was reading some articles that say prefabricated PC's got their BIOS blocked, because of the damage you can do to the system if you don't know how to use it.
 
Hello, There is no way to manually assign RAM, from BIOS, to the graphics card, on the ACER. The OS manages the amount of RAM based on the workload. However, if I remember correctly, nVidia had an app to tweak the video card, sorry but i forgot the name. You might play around with that, CAREFULLY!


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It's a laptop and apparently one that only has integrated gpu, not a discret gpu (nvidia or radeon). Sorry, you can't manually assign RAM on your integrated Intel HD 4000 Gpahics, if there was a way, I don't know how, but it's likely you can't.
 
Thanks for your help, I was hoping for a solution, but well I think it's time to save money to buy a new video card.
 
You probably can't insert a new video card to your laptop. The only manufacturers that I know of that supports graphics card upgrade in laptops are: Asus and MSI. :(
 
If you really want to allocate, then research it well, and don't forget if your computer won't boot, clear CMOS to restore default settings if ever you made a mistake or the likes..
 
Jan Benedict said:
You probably can't insert a new video card to your laptop. The only manufacturers that I know of that supports graphics card upgrade in laptops are: Asus and MSI. :(
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Maybe I should try an external videocard. There was an offer (the same model I own) that I wasn't capable of afford that comes with an Intel i3 and a Nvidia GT 620M so maybe my motherboard is compatible with this GPU in particular.
 
In laptops you can't really use or place an external videocard, also, it depends on the manufacturer if you can/able to replace the existing videocard or add one to your laptop. Motherboards in laptop are different in desktop systems, which you can easily add or replace parts, one sure component you can replace in a laptop is RAM which you are able to add more, but in cases like you want to add or replace a the videocard or you want to replace the processor of your laptop it really depends on the manufacturer and the model of the laptop.
 
Jan Benedict said:
In laptops you can't really use or place an external videocard, also, it depends on the manufacturer if you can/able to replace the existing videocard or add one to your laptop. Motherboards in laptop are different in desktop systems, which you can easily add or replace parts, one sure component you can replace in a laptop is RAM which you are able to add more, but in cases like you want to add or replace a the videocard or you want to replace the processor of your laptop it really depends on the manufacturer and the model of the laptop.
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That's why I don't like notebooks, but I'll investigate further to modify this thing I got
Thanks all for your help.

PD: And what about a docking station will it work?
or this http://www.gadgetlite.com/2010/05/26/msi-presents-external-graphic/
 
There are external express card based video docking station, and if you don't mind opening you laptop, you can also run desktop video card by connecting it to the mini pcie in the laptop with an adapter. But the performance is not going to catch up with desktop any time soon due to bandwidth bottleneck. I think people don't do this due to reliability. There's a ton of pins, and if one becomes damaged the entire slot won't work. An example of an expressed video based docking station is the Sony Vaio Z laptop, but I guess, in order to acquire the docking station you need to buy the Vaio laptop.
 
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