Anyway to allocate more Dedicated Video Memory?

[Juanton Soup]

Sup, I have an AMD Radeon HD 6670 with a total of 4864 MB of "Total Available Graphics Memory", but only 1024 MB (Dedicated Video Memory) are being utilized. Is there anyway to use more video memory, because I believe that's the one thing prohibing me from running games properly? I've also tried looking in my BIOS to use more, but it doesn't give me any option to do so.

[Falro the Great]

Dedicated VRAM is the memory built onto the card itself. The only way to get more is to buy a new card.

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Falro the Great:

Dedicated VRAM is the memory built onto the card itself. The only way to get more is to buy a new card.

That's what I feared...

[Big Boom Boom]

You can only do that with integrated, not dedicated graphics. Also you only have 4Gb system RAM and that's going to be even more restricting.

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

You can only do that with integrated, not dedicated graphics. Also you only have 4Gb system RAM and that's going to be even more restricting.

Restricting on what? Is the rest being used for something else?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

4GB of RAM is restricting, since this is memory that the OS use, and whatever apps using it as well, by the time you use the whole amount, it will struggle, causing poor performance or freezing issues.

For gaming, the minimum requirements for gaming is 8GB of RAM, 2GB of Vram on the GPU, and this is just to play modern games, since they got more demanding. Keep in mind, depending on the rest of your system specs, I can make a suggestion what to aim for when upgrading, as well with the budget in mind.

Depends on your system, list the specs, if this a pre-build, list the brand, and model, as well anything you changed on it, If you want something more simple run CPU-Z, click validate button to the right bottom, and click the submit, your broswer will open, copy the whole link and paste it here in the discussion please.

http://i.imgur.com/aJIzuos.png

CPUZ
http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.79-en.exe

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

4GB of RAM is restricting, since this is memory that the OS use, and whatever apps using it as well, by the time you use the whole amount, it will struggle, causing poor performance or freezing issues.

For gaming, the minimum requirements for gaming is 8GB of RAM, 2GB of Vram on the GPU, and this is just to play modern games, since they got more demanding. Keep in mind, depending on the rest of your system specs, I can make a suggestion what to aim for when upgrading, as well with the budget in mind.

Depends on your system, list the specs, if this a pre-build, list the brand, and model, as well anything you changed on it, If you want something more simple run CPU-Z, click validate button to the right bottom, and click the submit, your broswer will open, copy the whole link and paste it here in the discussion please.

http://i.imgur.com/aJIzuos.png

CPUZ
http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.79-en.exe

I have 8 GB of RAM and 4 GB of "Total Available Graphics Memory" (1024 MB in use).

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Processor (CPU)
CPU Name AMD FX™-4100 Quad-Core Processor
Threading 1 CPU - 4 Core - 4 Threads
Frequency 2511.05 MHz (12.5 * 200.92 MHz) - Uncore: 2009.2 MHz
Multiplier Current: 12.5 / Min: 7 / Max: 19
Architecture Zambezi / Stepping: OR-B2 / Technology: 32 nm
CPUID / Ext. F.1.2 / 15.1
IA Extensions MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA4
Caches L1D : 16 KB / L2 : 2048 KB / L3 : 8192 KB
Caches Assoc. L1D : 4-way / L2 : 16-way / L3 : 64-way
TDP / Vcore 95.04 Watts / 1.312 Volts
Temperature 79.3 °C / 175 °F
Type Retail (Stock Frequency : 3600 MHz)
Cores Frequencies #00: 2511.05 MHz  #01: 2511.05 MHz  #02: 3615.91 MHz  #03: 2511.05 MHz

Motherboard
Model Gigabyte M68MT-S2
Socket Socket AM3+ (942)
North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 7025 rev A3
South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 630a rev A2
BIOS Award Software International Inc. FB (08/26/2011)

Memory (RAM)
Total Size 8192 MB
Type Dual Channel (128 bit) DDR3-SDRAM
Frequency 669.6 MHz - Ratio 3:10
Timings 9-9-9-24-33 (tCAS-tRC-tRP-tRAS-tCS)
Slot #1 Module PNY Electronics 4096 MB (DDR3-1337) - P/N: 64C0MHHHJ-HS
Slot #2 Module PNY Electronics 4096 MB (DDR3-1337) - P/N: 64C0MHHHJ-HS

Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU Type AMD Radeon HD 6670 @ 800 MHz
GPU Brand Hightech Information System Ltd.
GPU VRAM 1024 MB @ 800 MHz

Storage (HDD/SSD)
Model #1 Seagate ST1000DM 003-9YN162
Capacity #1 1000 GB

Display
Screen #1 S240HL (ACR0289)
Screen #1 Spec 24 inches (61 cm) / 1920 x 1080 pixels @ 56-76 Hz

Miscellaneous
Windows Version Microsoft Windows 10 (10.0) Home 64-bit
Windows Subver. (Build 14393)
CPU-Z Version 1.79.1 (64 bit)

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Unless this a integrated GPU, such as All in one PC, or laptop, then what it is doing is sharing with your RAM.

If not, then this is a 1GB Vram Desktop GPU, *(1024 MB in use)* as there only two models for 6670 one is 1GB, and the other is 2GB, by post you made, it's clear it's a 1GB Vram GPU.

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Unless this a integrated GPU, such as All in one PC, or laptop, then what it is doing is sharing with your RAM.

If not, then this is a 1GB Vram Desktop GPU, *(1024 MB in use)* as there only two models for 6670 one is 1GB, and the other is 2GB, by post you made, it's clear it's a 1GB Vram GPU.

Added my specs above ^

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Alright, and what are the games/applications are you trying to run, or having issues with?

Depending on the applications, may requires better hardware, and depending on your budget plan, I can make a recommendation/suggestion on what you can do.

• GPU is definitely you want to upgrade.
  
• CPU, is definitely worth to upgrade, if you want to play newer modern games.
  
• If you get the Intel Kabylake / AMD Ryzen CPU, you want to get DDR4 RAM, with the new motherboard, then later sell off the old parts, or repurpose them for other uses.

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Alright, and what are the games/applications are you trying to run, or having issues with?

Depending on the applications, may requires better hardware, and depending on your budget plan, I can make a recommendation/suggestion on what you can do.

• GPU is definitely you want to upgrade.
  
• CPU, is definitely worth to upgrade, if you want to play newer modern games.
  
• If you get the Intel Kabylake / AMD Ryzen CPU, you want to get DDR4 RAM, with the new motherboard, then later sell off the old parts, or repurpose them for other uses.

Well, no particular game pushed me into creating this discussion, but I got games like the Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 just sitting becuase I can't run them in an acceptable state. I don't have a particular amount I'm willing to spend, but I'm not gonna be going above $1000 or anything.

And I was just looking for something that would 'boost' my PC at little to no cost, but that doesn't seem too possible. Odds are, it'd probably be smarter to buy something like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3UKNVD/ref=s9_acsd_simh_hd_bw_bFAShhT_c_x_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=DXD4R68A77WKHF71C9ZQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=88579e3a-0ba6-5e41-bf48-6670e38532ae&pf_rd_i=13896597011 and popping in a second graphics card (if need be).

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Or you can just replace 4 things. CPU, motherboard, RAM, and GPU.

$363.54+ All four parts from Amazon.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vWCzTH

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NADEVZI/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAGY084/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019HVND88/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M27X994/

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

doing all that, you might have to get a new PSU too.

[Juanton Soup]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Or you can just replace 4 things. CPU, motherboard, RAM, and GPU.

$363.54+ All four parts from Amazon.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vWCzTH

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NADEVZI/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAGY084/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019HVND88/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M27X994/

http://i.imgur.com/xFrJtHx.gif

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

What I listed to you is the cheapest low budget getting into playing newer modern games, keep in mind you may/will need to change settings to reach your 60 FPS in high demanding games.

Here a example video using G4560 + GTX 1050 Ti.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efv4ho1Em7Q

If you wish to bump the performance in higher settings, then you may want to look at replacing 5 things in your desktop, which will be CPU, GPU, PSU, RAM, and Motherboard, which you want to save upto $800

$423.09+ <--- You need to add price of GPU you want with this build.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/g3QDgL

Ryzen 1600
8GB DDR4 RAM
B350 Motherboard
550watts PSU

GPU atm 1060 6GB / RX 580 are all sold out, so if you find one, or want something better then those add the price on top of the $423.09+ for your total. Also if you want more RAM, the most anyone will ever want is 16GB of RAM, but the minimum will be 8GB of RAM, but it's nice to have more RAM, if you like to have a bunch of things open in the background, while playing a game.

Also on my last post I got link mixed up for G4560, and G4600, but both will work the same, and are only $4 apart, which G4600 is only 100Mhz faster than G4560, but wouldn't make much of a difference in gaming really.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCE8T92/

[Kyon]

Originally posted by Breadcrumbs:

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Or you can just replace 4 things. CPU, motherboard, RAM, and GPU.

$363.54+ All four parts from Amazon.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vWCzTH

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NADEVZI/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAGY084/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019HVND88/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M27X994/

http://i.imgur.com/xFrJtHx.gif

Bruh ♥♥♥♥ upgrading your ♥♥♥♥ pc. Just build a new one.