Expand Shared Graphics Memory?

kaui · 27th December 2004, 9:34 PM

Hello

So santa got me a laptop...oh and so did the birthday fairy (combined present)

anywho

its a sony vaio VGN-B55G

my question is

the graphics card shares memory with the main memory

is there anyway to like increase that from 64 to soemthing higher?
cos i can add more main memory, but not more graphix memory...get me?

thanks

evilasdeath · 28th December 2004, 1:44 PM

i don't know about laptops but most desktops that have onboard video cards have the ability to adjust how much system memory to use for video in bios

kaui · 28th December 2004, 4:43 PM

i checked out the bios, it seems pretty limited...basically i can only change the system time and the boot sequence...

maybe ill have to flasht the bios?

kaui · 29th December 2004, 5:27 PM

i dont really want to flash the bios, are there any programs out there that can alter the shared memory for me?

silver6 · 29th December 2004, 7:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kaui

Hello

is there anyway to like increase that from 64 to soemthing higher?
cos i can add more main memory, but not more graphix memory...get me?

You don't make sense. You say you want to increase the video memory from 64Mb to something higher, but you also want to add more main memory but don't want more graphics memory????

The built in graphics memory is adjustable to a maximum of 64Mb. There is no point for anymore. Its just a very basic video card and not really good for games.

You can add as much memory as you want but, the maximum allowed allocated to video is 64Mb.

kaui · 29th December 2004, 10:39 PM

I mean its phsyically possible to add more main memory

but it is not phsyically possible to add more graphics memory

I had the idea of adding enough RAM to max it out (1.2 gb) and then expand the graphics memory to something like 256 mb

Im just curious really. A little more ram in both departments can only help.

303-Acid · 30th December 2004, 9:37 AM

you read the manual?

kaui · 30th December 2004, 1:27 PM

Actually I was a little dissapointed with the "Manual" that came with it. In fact all I got was a little book that told me where all the buttons where, a CD (with a very small amount of information, and Win XP installation) a pink piece of paper with the 1 year warranty, and thats it. I have searched google etc, for information about this, but as yet, have found nothing really. Thats why I posted here.

But to answer your question, yeah i did look through the manual.

PogiPinoy · 30th December 2004, 2:05 PM

you can add more RAM so you can max out your shared video memory which can be allocated accordingly in your bios

but you probably cant share more than 64mb of ram memory as graphics card memory..it all depends on your bios features

munka · 30th December 2004, 8:18 PM

No point at all in having over 64mb on a shared memory graphics card. Hell if it was me i'd shuv it back to 32mb. Your card is unlikely to be able to play the latest games regardless.

kaui · 31st December 2004, 2:12 PM

Yeah i was thinking about that too, seeing as i may not want to play games etc its still taking up 64mb of my RAM.

I did manage to get it to play HL2, which i was pretty impressed with. The bios has no such feature btw. Thanks for your help though everyone.

27th December 2004, 9:34 PM	#1
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	Expand Shared Graphics Memory? Hello So santa got me a laptop...oh and so did the birthday fairy (combined present) anywho its a sony vaio VGN-B55G my question is the graphics card shares memory with the main memory is there anyway to like increase that from 64 to soemthing higher? cos i can add more main memory, but not more graphix memory...get me? thanks

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PogiPinoy Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sydney (No Cable) :( Posts: 1,300	you can add more RAM so you can max out your shared video memory which can be allocated accordingly in your bios but you probably cant share more than 64mb of ram memory as graphics card memory..it all depends on your bios features __________________ BLAQUE - Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest of Unity in Everything OCAU Club PDA Member #6 Nintendo Club Member #4 OCAU iPod Owner #65 ASUS Owners Club \|\|Dr. Pepper Club Member #21\|\| Motorola V-Club Member - V3i DELL Laptop Owners Club

28th December 2004, 1:44 PM	#2
evilasdeath Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,527	i don't know about laptops but most desktops that have onboard video cards have the ability to adjust how much system memory to use for video in bios

28th December 2004, 4:43 PM	#3
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	i checked out the bios, it seems pretty limited...basically i can only change the system time and the boot sequence... maybe ill have to flasht the bios?

29th December 2004, 5:27 PM	#4
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	i dont really want to flash the bios, are there any programs out there that can alter the shared memory for me?

29th December 2004, 10:39 PM	#6
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	I mean its phsyically possible to add more main memory but it is not phsyically possible to add more graphics memory I had the idea of adding enough RAM to max it out (1.2 gb) and then expand the graphics memory to something like 256 mb Im just curious really. A little more ram in both departments can only help.

30th December 2004, 1:27 PM	#8
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	Actually I was a little dissapointed with the "Manual" that came with it. In fact all I got was a little book that told me where all the buttons where, a CD (with a very small amount of information, and Win XP installation) a pink piece of paper with the 1 year warranty, and thats it. I have searched google etc, for information about this, but as yet, have found nothing really. Thats why I posted here. But to answer your question, yeah i did look through the manual.

30th December 2004, 8:18 PM	#10
munka Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 1,851	No point at all in having over 64mb on a shared memory graphics card. Hell if it was me i'd shuv it back to 32mb. Your card is unlikely to be able to play the latest games regardless.

31st December 2004, 2:12 PM	#11
kaui Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 62	Yeah i was thinking about that too, seeing as i may not want to play games etc its still taking up 64mb of my RAM. I did manage to get it to play HL2, which i was pretty impressed with. The bios has no such feature btw. Thanks for your help though everyone.