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    Acer aspire 4736-problem with my graphic card

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rocknguyen, Dec 24, 2009.

  1. rocknguyen

    rocknguyen Newbie

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    I've just bought acer aspire 4736
    The information about graphic is : Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD up to 789, 128 MB

    But when I check in BIOS, it's only 64 MB. I don't know where and how to upgrade to 789MB

    Can any1 here can help me?

    (sorry for my bad eng)
     
    rocknguyen, Dec 24, 2009
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  2. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    It is auto allocated.
     
    weinter, Dec 25, 2009
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  3. rocknguyen

    rocknguyen Newbie

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    I don't understand you. Why is it auto allocated???
     
    rocknguyen, Dec 25, 2009
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  4. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    The system auto allocate according to amount of system ram installed.
    The Video RAM is basically to store texture memory for the GPU for fast access, even if your VRAM is 1GB it is useless as Intel GPU is unable to process all of them effectively as fast.
    Therefore Intel uses auto allocate to strike a balance between too little VRAM and too much VRAM.
     
    weinter, Dec 25, 2009
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  5. rocknguyen

    rocknguyen Newbie

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    Whenever I run some game or application need high graphic resolution, my progress always crash and "your intel graphic...crashed and recover..." show up,something like that

    How can I solve this problem?

    Anyway, thank you very much, weinter
     
    rocknguyen, Dec 25, 2009
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  6. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's because your Intel GMA is incapable of running the game at such a high resolution. It is not really designed for that kind of strain. If you're looking to play 3D games at decent details and frame rates, you need a dedicated ATi or Nvidia graphics card. Which your system doesn't have, and can't be upgraded to.

    That being said, check out Intel's website here to possibly improve your performance with newer drivers and alternate configurations.
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 26, 2009
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