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Axe99

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I currently own a dell inspiron 3542 core i7 4150U 2.4 GHz , 8gb RAM and 2gb graphics notebook with 1tb hdd.
I want to upgrade the RAM to 16gb and graphics to 4gb.

Is it possible?
 
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Solandri
VRAM can't be upgraded. But the vast majority of VRAM is used for textures. If this laptop has a 720p screen, you're never going to use more than 2GB of VRAM - just switch from high textures to medium if you start getting close to 2GB. You shouldn't be able to tell the difference at 720p.

2GB is usually enough for 1080p, except for newer titles released in the last ~3 years. And even there you can get them to work in 2GB of VRAM simply by decreasing the texture size.

All that said, a quick Google search suggests your laptop has a 820m Nvidia GPU. That's a very low-end GPU, which is actually slower than the integrated graphics on newer CPUs. If you want better gaming performance, you'd be much better off buying a new laptop. I'd...
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VRAM can't be upgraded. But the vast majority of VRAM is used for textures. If this laptop has a 720p screen, you're never going to use more than 2GB of VRAM - just switch from high textures to medium if you start getting close to 2GB. You shouldn't be able to tell the difference at 720p.

2GB is usually enough for 1080p, except for newer titles released in the last ~3 years. And even there you can get them to work in 2GB of VRAM simply by decreasing the texture size.

All that said, a quick Google search suggests your laptop has a 820m Nvidia GPU. That's a very low-end GPU, which is actually slower than the integrated graphics on newer CPUs. If you want better gaming performance, you'd be much better off buying a new laptop. I'd set the 940m as the absolute minimum for gaming. A lot of current laptops are coming out with the 1050, which is a very nice balance between low-power and gaming performance (Nvidia moved from 28nm to 14nm or 16nm for the 10x0 series, which helped a lot with power and heat).

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