Allocating More Ram To Video Card

Jonathan2 · Feb 21, 2016

Hello! I am wanting to add more video ram to my graphics card but I can not find the setting to.

Total available graphics memory: 4,224mb
Dedicated graphics memory: 768mb

I want get at least 2GB (2,000mb) to my graphics card.

My stuff:
Motherboard: MSI A68HM-P33
Graphics card: AMD a4 6300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics

Video I found that is exactly what smy BIOS looks like
[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37QGIsoG3I"][/video]

LaserNinja11 · Feb 21, 2016

If you dont mind, please send a photo of the screen which says that you have 4,224mb of memory available for your graphics card. Also, do you happen to have 4 gb of ram? The dedicated memory that a video card has cannot be changed. Thats like asking if you can put an extra terrabyte onto a hard drive ( i dont mean that to sound sarcastic

Jonathan2 · Feb 21, 2016

LaserNinja11 :

http://prnt.sc/a6bjva
btw, I have 8 gigs.

Spectre694 · Feb 21, 2016

If you only want to add 2Gb what is the problem you already have 4Gb allocated to it.

The dedicated is RAM only to be used by your APU nothing else. Available is how much it is allowed to address. Windows will automatically balance that with whatever else is in RAM paging other things out if necessary/possible.

Jonathan2 · Feb 21, 2016

Spectre694 :

Not sure what you mean by this, but what I am trying to do is transfer some of the 4GB of available graphics memory to the 765mb dedicated memory. I want to add enough to make it 2GB dedicated so I can play a game.

k1114 · Feb 21, 2016

The thing is that it uses ram as vram and has 4gb already available. Switching the name doesn't change the performance.

LaserNinja11 · Feb 21, 2016

What hes saying is 4gb is allocated to the gpu. The dedicated memory is what it uses as an APU and the extra 4gb is what it can yse if it needs it. It cannot be changed nor allocated to something else

Spectre694 · Feb 21, 2016

Jonathan2 :

I apparently explained this poorly.

The dedicated is only to be used by the APU this should only be as large as needed to run the card because otherwise you are cutting into your system RAM for no reason.

The available is the total amount that the video can use if it needs to. This is automatically allocated by windows to your APU from your RAM as needed. So if the card asks for 3Gb it will get 3Gb 4 it'll get 4.

Dedicating 2Gb as vRAM won't help games because it can still ask for up to a total 4Gb. It just prevents that RAM for being used for other tasks when it is not needed as vRAM

Jonathan2 · Feb 22, 2016

Spectre694 :

Jonathan2 :

I apparently explained this poorly.

The dedicated is only to be used by the APU this should only be as large as needed to run the card because otherwise you are cutting into your system RAM for no reason.

The available is the total amount that the video can use if it needs to. This is automatically allocated by windows to your APU from your RAM as needed. So if the card asks for 3Gb it will get 3Gb 4 it'll get 4.

Dedicating 2Gb as vRAM won't help games because it can still ask for up to a total 4Gb. It just prevents that RAM for being used for other tasks when it is not needed as vRAM

So, right now, how much memory does my graphics card have allocated?

Spectre694 · Feb 22, 2016

Jonathan2 :

Spectre694 :

So, right now, how much memory does my graphics card have allocated?

Like everyone has already said you have 4GB allocated to it currently.

Jonathan2 · Feb 22, 2016

Spectre694 :

Jonathan2 :

Spectre694 :

So, right now, how much memory does my graphics card have allocated?

Like everyone has already said you have 4GB allocated to it currently.

So I guess it's a different solution then. This is what I get when I try to start up my game.
http://prnt.sc/a6k3iz

LaserNinja11 · Feb 22, 2016

Jonathan2 :

You do not have enough dedicated memory for the game to run. My GTX 750ti has 2 gb or dedicated ram which comes on the card. The dedeicated memory is its limit. The allocated memory is waht it can use under load. For example, a game may end up using over what the required amount of memory is needed, which is where the allocated memory comes in. The allocated memory CANNOT be added to you graphics card nor can it be changed. Allocated memory is your system memory which is your RAM, its a different part of your system completely. Its like saying i want to add an extra 4gb to my hrad drive from my RAM so i can install GTA 5 since i need an extra 4GB to install it. It cannot be done

Jonathan2 · Feb 22, 2016

Thank you Laser

Spectre694 · Feb 22, 2016

Jonathan2 :

Spectre694 :

Jonathan2 :

Like everyone has already said you have 4GB allocated to it currently.

So I guess it's a different solution then. This is what I get when I try to start up my game.
http://prnt.sc/a6k3iz

That is a vastly different issue notice the part where it says the card has been disconnected? your out of space because it has dropped the GPU. You have some sort of driver/hardware issue. not an OoM error

k1114 · Feb 22, 2016

That's not right as there's a difference between the allocated, the amount shown as dedicated and can be changed on some systems, and shared which can't be changed. It would have shown under igpu configuration but it's not there so you can't change it. You have 768MB allocated and 4GB available. Allocated is for a specific purpose but the other 3.5GB is shared and can be used as system ram still; so not an allocation. Performance wise it won't matter and besides, as spectre said, this error you are getting is unrelated. What are you playing that's giving the error?

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