insufficient video ram

Is there any way to increase the amount of RAM dedicated to graphics on a dell inspiron n5010 laptop?
My specs are as follows:

cpu: intel quad-core i3 processor
ram: 4 Gb dual channel
gpu: intel hd graphics (intergrated)
Os: windows 7 64-bit
current dedicated graphics memory: 64Mb

I am not afraid to use aftermarket tools like hacked bios etc…

please help!

 

Look in your BIOS to see what options you have now. You want to look for something like 'shared memory' or something to that effect. (Sorry, haven't done that in a while now).

The other way is to increase the amount of RAM on the system to 8GB or more.

Good luck.

 

thanks. i have already looked in bios and i am in the process of upgrading my ram, however it is very rare that laptop factory bios have the shared memory option, desktop computers are a different story

 

Yeah, that is why I suggested to simply max out the system RAM.

 

Also, your CPU is most likely dual core w/ hyperthreading (so it will show up as four cores in the task manager) - I believe all i3's are dual core.

 

actually, it is quad-core, i had it customized to be quad-core

 

There is no such thing as quad-core i3. i3 is dual-core with Hyper-Threading.

 

If there is nothing in the bios, me think you're out of luck, unless you can find some modded bios for your model. But I'm not sure if you could do much with that GPU even if you could set gpu memory to its max around 2 GB.
Please do tell how do you customize dual core into quad core, pretty please.

 

"Sure, I'll sell you the normal chip with hyper threading and then charge you extra for a "customized" i3."


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Considering you don't give a model/make for the laptop how would you expect others reading to know how to diagnosis the problem? Remember iNtel HD using your system RAM for Video Ram and the setting for Video Ram should be in the UEFI/Bios setting.

 

I doubt there will be an option in the BIOS... Even my glorious Alienware which used an Intel HD4000 iGPU doesn't have an option in the BIOS for RAM usage and Alienware's BIOS's are supposed to have a lot of options

 

Either it is an i3 dual core or it has an i7 quad core.

Anyways, more light on the actual thread topic:

source with more detailed info: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-029090.htm

 

Since we have no Model/make...that is a big leap your making here...

 

What exactly is telling you that you have insufficient video ROM. What game per say, as certain scene in certain may be broke.

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Earlier Core CPU's had hard limits on maximum allowable vRAM, but I believe that was only with the old GMA 950, and I believe the first gen Core i CPU's used "HD Graphics" as yours indicated which had locked limits on vRAM.

With HD 3000 and up (2nd Gen Core i), frequently the disclosed vRAM was the minimum vRAM, but it is actually dynamic vRAM that would expand when it needed to. Set your laptop to "High Performance" mode and see if it changes or helps.

What exactly do you think you need more vRAM for?

 

It's a dual core. You don't get mobile quadcores on Intel chips without using an i7 with a "Q" in its name. End of story.
Also, you cannot change your dedicated video RAM. You can change the amount of system RAM you share can be increased via windows, but once you use from that shared RAM, you'll experience slowdowns in applications anyway.