my laptop says that my intel graphics 4400 has 1920 mb of memory and sites say it has 160mb

[lio_]

i have a laptop with intel graphics 4400 and when i type dxdiag in run it says that my graphic card got Approx. total memory 1920mb while when i go to the can you run it website it says my graphic card have 160mb of memory so can anybody explain how is this happening?

 

[jbgarcia]

i have a laptop with intel graphics 4400 and when i type dxdiag in run it says that my graphic card got Approx. total memory 1920mb while when i go to the can you run it website it says my graphic card have 160mb of memory so can anybody explain how is this happening?

The 1920 MB you see there is "shared memory", which is how much memory it can borrow from your system RAM to perform its work. The 160 MB from Can You Run It is likely its dedicated memory, or how much of its own RAM it has built in for itself. Although you may be able to use a lot of shared memory, it is never as effective as the card's own dedicated memory.

 

[lio_]

oh so well it says dedicated memory on the website so that explains it
even though intel shouldn't have dedicated memory but hey if i got some i wont say no
thanks for the respond