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𝗥𝗛𝗢𝗗𝗢 2014 年 2 月 6 日下午 4:27

Increasing Video Ram in APU

Hello!
I just bought a gaming PC (8GB RAM), and I wanted to play something, but for some reasone my graphic card use only 700MB, when most of games need at least 1GB VRAM. Where could I change it ?

I mean I use APU, and my computer has MSI BIOS, so I can't find it anywhere.

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TastyToast 2014 年 2 月 6 日下午 6:17

you should try witcher 2 its a pretty good game. did you get shadow warrior yet? =P

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Blaagh 2014 年 2 月 6 日下午 7:26

stop spamming if you don't have anything useful to say -.-

@topic
from what I seen on msi homepage you probably have "MSI click bios II" on your board
the option should be in MSI Settings - advanced - integrated graphics configuration - integrated graphics device configuration

are you really sure you don't have a dedicated graphics card in your "gaming pc"?! sound kind of odd to me.

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𝗥𝗛𝗢𝗗𝗢 2014 年 2 月 7 日上午 1:07

引用自 Super Mario nStar Ultra：
stop spamming if you don't have anything useful to say -.-

@topic
from what I seen on msi homepage you probably have "MSI click bios II" on your board
the option should be in MSI Settings - advanced - integrated graphics configuration - integrated graphics device configuration

are you really sure you don't have a dedicated graphics card in your "gaming pc"?! sound kind of odd to me.

Looks like my "gaming pc" isn't for gaming...

I did what you said but in "Integrated Graphics Configuration" I have only "Integrated Graphics Adapter" and "Integrated Graphics Devices". Is it possbile that I need to do BIOS update ? And f it is, how should I do this then ?

Thanks for (only one helpful) answer!

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Blaagh 2014 年 2 月 7 日上午 5:57

What are the options for these setting? It is possible the option for RAM size is not available as long as its set to "auto". Its like that on my gigabyte board (but every bios is different).

Updating BIOS probably wont help with that but you should do it if there is a new one available. You just have to make 200% sure you get the bios file for your exact mainboard model (and revision).

Then it is quite easy. Extract the file from the zipfile and put it on a usb-thumbdrive/-stick. reboot and enter bios. then select utilities and "update bios". browse for the file on the stick and it updates (thats the critical part). pc may shut down on its own when its done.

theres vids on youtube you can watch people flashing bios.

最後修改者：Blaagh; 2014 年 2 月 7 日上午 5:58

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LUKA-_-Wolf 2016 年 1 月 31 日下午 9:38

Go to Bios Click on settings integrated graphics configuration and then click on graphics devices and put it from auto to dual graphics.

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ProximalTangent 2016 年 12 月 27 日上午 9:31

I know this is very old, but I feel I must comment because why not?

Why are you asking about increasing VRAM when APU's use system shared ram. It uses more ram when needed. You should upgrade your ram as it'll increase your apu performance overall. I have an Asus - X550ZA laptop with an AMD A10 - 7400p APU with Radeon R6 IGP. The IGP runs at a clock of 654Mhz and the CPU runs at a 2.5 - 3.4Ghz. When I am running games that allow multi-core rendering, I run my CPU with turbo core and let the CPU do the work. If the game needs a stronger GPU, I underclock my CPU by disabling turbo core and dropping the multiplier from 25 to 23. I proceed to raise my IGP core clock speed from 654 to something higher. I usually set it anywhere between 660 and 690. I use a cooling pad and have no problems so far with temps. My IGP temps when idle are at 100 degrees F and 140 degrees F when playing a game such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I am capable of running Alien: Isolation at 1280x720 at high settings with 512 shadow resolution. Just saying, an AMD APU isn't the best, but it isn't the worst. His APU will run better if he upgrades his ram. Reason: The APU uses system RAM as VRAM. Faster RAM = faster performance. Find the fastest and max amount of ram your motherboard and APU supports, then install it. My laptop supports up to 16Gb of DDR3 RAM clocked at 1866Mhz.

最後修改者：ProximalTangent; 2016 年 12 月 27 日上午 9:33

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𝗥𝗛𝗢𝗗𝗢 2016 年 12 月 27 日下午 2:49

引用自 Asus - X550ZA (Ascendance)：
I know this is very old, but I feel I must comment because why not?

Why are you asking about increasing VRAM when APU's use system shared ram. It uses more ram when needed. You should upgrade your ram as it'll increase your apu performance overall. I have an Asus - X550ZA laptop with an AMD A10 - 7400p APU with Radeon R6 IGP. The IGP runs at a clock of 654Mhz and the CPU runs at a 2.5 - 3.4Ghz. When I am running games that allow multi-core rendering, I run my CPU with turbo core and let the CPU do the work. If the game needs a stronger GPU, I underclock my CPU by disabling turbo core and dropping the multiplier from 25 to 23. I proceed to raise my IGP core clock speed from 654 to something higher. I usually set it anywhere between 660 and 690. I use a cooling pad and have no problems so far with temps. My IGP temps when idle are at 100 degrees F and 140 degrees F when playing a game such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I am capable of running Alien: Isolation at 1280x720 at high settings with 512 shadow resolution. Just saying, an AMD APU isn't the best, but it isn't the worst. His APU will run better if he upgrades his ram. Reason: The APU uses system RAM as VRAM. Faster RAM = faster performance. Find the fastest and max amount of ram your motherboard and APU supports, then install it. My laptop supports up to 16Gb of DDR3 RAM clocked at 1866Mhz.

Yeah as you said. It's a really old post and I've learnt more about it plus bought new parts. Thanks for answering anyway.

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riveral12 2020 年 9 月 29 日下午 5:07

引用自 X Æ A-XII：
Hello!
I just bought a gaming PC (8GB RAM), and I wanted to play something, but for some reasone my graphic card use only 700MB, when most of games need at least 1GB VRAM. Where could I change it ?

I mean I use APU, and my computer has MSI BIOS, so I can't find it anywhere.

Hey I'm sorry but this is from 2020. I actually am using an APU, which is Ryzen 3 2200g and it is actually very good for entry level gaming. It at least gives me 75 fps on fortnite lol. Anyways, to the topic. Find in your bios somewhere where you can change Frame Buffer Size which is the amount of VRAM you will allocate to your gpu side of your APU. This is, you need those extra resources from somewhere. The more Gigs of VRAM you allocate to the GPU side of APU, then the more RAM will be taken. I personally reccomend you do around 1 to 2 Gigs of VRAM if you have only 8 Gigs of RAM. Hope this helps cuz people can't answer the question lol.

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riveral12 2020 年 9 月 29 日下午 5:09

引用自 X Æ A-XII：
引用自 Asus - X550ZA (Ascendance)：
I know this is very old, but I feel I must comment because why not?

Why are you asking about increasing VRAM when APU's use system shared ram. It uses more ram when needed. You should upgrade your ram as it'll increase your apu performance overall. I have an Asus - X550ZA laptop with an AMD A10 - 7400p APU with Radeon R6 IGP. The IGP runs at a clock of 654Mhz and the CPU runs at a 2.5 - 3.4Ghz. When I am running games that allow multi-core rendering, I run my CPU with turbo core and let the CPU do the work. If the game needs a stronger GPU, I underclock my CPU by disabling turbo core and dropping the multiplier from 25 to 23. I proceed to raise my IGP core clock speed from 654 to something higher. I usually set it anywhere between 660 and 690. I use a cooling pad and have no problems so far with temps. My IGP temps when idle are at 100 degrees F and 140 degrees F when playing a game such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I am capable of running Alien: Isolation at 1280x720 at high settings with 512 shadow resolution. Just saying, an AMD APU isn't the best, but it isn't the worst. His APU will run better if he upgrades his ram. Reason: The APU uses system RAM as VRAM. Faster RAM = faster performance. Find the fastest and max amount of ram your motherboard and APU supports, then install it. My laptop supports up to 16Gb of DDR3 RAM clocked at 1866Mhz.

Yeah as you said. It's a really old post and I've learnt more about it plus bought new parts. Thanks for answering anyway.

Don't forget that RYZEN APU's are very RAM sensitive. The higher the speed, the more performance you will get out of it.

最後修改者：riveral12; 2020 年 9 月 29 日下午 5:09

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SpunkyJones 2020 年 9 月 29 日下午 5:09

引用自 riveral12：
引用自 X Æ A-XII：
Hello!
I just bought a gaming PC (8GB RAM), and I wanted to play something, but for some reasone my graphic card use only 700MB, when most of games need at least 1GB VRAM. Where could I change it ?

I mean I use APU, and my computer has MSI BIOS, so I can't find it anywhere.

Hey I'm sorry but this is from 2020. I actually am using an APU, which is Ryzen 3 2200g and it is actually very good for entry level gaming. It at least gives me 75 fps on fortnite lol. Anyways, to the topic. Find in your bios somewhere where you can change Frame Buffer Size which is the amount of VRAM you will allocate to your gpu side of your APU. This is, you need those extra resources from somewhere. The more Gigs of VRAM you allocate to the GPU side of APU, then the more RAM will be taken. I personally reccomend you do around 1 to 2 Gigs of VRAM if you have only 8 Gigs of RAM. Hope this helps cuz people can't answer the question lol.

Wholly necro Batman!

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