vga memory

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Can anyone help.

I have a Acer Travelmate 292LCi notebook, which currently shows
16mb of shared VGA memory in the bios.
I know my onboard graphics card supports up to 64mb, but I can't
see anywhere in the BIOS to alter this setting ?
Any help appreciated

Fogler

 

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In article <SScad.548$mP1.41@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>,
"Foglerman" <fogler@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> Can anyone help.
>
> I have a Acer Travelmate 292LCi notebook, which currently shows
> 16mb of shared VGA memory in the bios.
> I know my onboard graphics card supports up to 64mb, but I can't
> see anywhere in the BIOS to alter this setting ?
> Any help appreciated
>
> Fogler

What OS are you using?

Why not try the Display Properties and see if you can change the amount
of VRAM in one of the tabs there? That's where I change mine on my HP
laptop with WinXP.

 

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Windows XP pro

"Chu-Chu" <marymary105@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:marymary105-D61E71.01021811102004@nyctyp01-ge0.rdc-nyc.rr.com...
> In article <SScad.548$mP1.41@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>,
> "Foglerman" <fogler@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Can anyone help.
>>
>> I have a Acer Travelmate 292LCi notebook, which currently shows
>> 16mb of shared VGA memory in the bios.
>> I know my onboard graphics card supports up to 64mb, but I can't
>> see anywhere in the BIOS to alter this setting ?
>> Any help appreciated
>>
>> Fogler
>
> What OS are you using?
>
> Why not try the Display Properties and see if you can change the amount
> of VRAM in one of the tabs there? That's where I change mine on my HP
> laptop with WinXP.

 

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I never thought about setting the Video Memory Manually. I have a SONY
VAIO TR1 with Intel 855m onboard Graphics, and that's what the report
shows in Win XP:

INTEL(R) EXTREME GRAPHICS REPORT


Physical Memory: 762 MB
Min. Graphics Memory: 4 MB
Max. Graphics Memory: 64 MB
Graphics Memory in use: 17 MB

as you can see it is switched automatically by demand.
I also play Quake on my Notebook, so it obviously works.