Larger dedicated memory

[Suzlon]

Several days ago, purchased a laptop HP Pavilion dv 5 with a video card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 with 1.5 G memory with only 256 total memory dedicated to video, what else gets through the system HyperMemory, while I saw a google that we could expand a little memory from the bios but when I do, I find that the BIOS setup is limited to simple boot options, language settings and password and had no side options VGA (as for HP)

I wonder if there is any other way to expand that memory. Please detail any.

[gygabite]

Dedicated memory card is what you have, it can not expand it if possible because the card is actually over, 320, 512 or whatever and for some reason without permission. Imagine what you could be touching something in the bios regarding HyperMemory, although as a rule tells that the bios of the laptop are very simplified.

[Sebastian.j]

Is often extended to enlarge. In fact in most laptops the graphics uses shared memory, ie, pull over ram (the ram system) than otherwise. But it is a scum, that, for example, a game, the system moves to take the game by accessing memory, to have the game and the graphics.

Come on, in my humble opinion, I think the graphics are better using "only" those 256MB of memory (which is bad enough for a decent graphics performance for laptop).

[gygabite]

But then it would be shared memory, which is dedicated to the integrated graphics, lately I've lost, you can not expand, it would have to make use of HyperMemory and take system memory.

[Sebastian.j]

But then it would be shared memory, which is dedicated to the integrated graphics, lately I've lost, you can not expand, it would have to make use of HyperMemory and take system memory.

Of course, that's what he is concerned, in fact speaking of HyperMemory.

[Amd Athlon]

And my dumb question, why you want to expand your graphics memory? Basically all you'll get is to lower your RAM, it will be less convenient than having less VRAM.

And in a notebook, with resolutions of 720p max, will play without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering or minimal, where the bottleneck is in 99% of cases is the ability of the GPU, CPU or the "Mobile" or the RAM or the 5400 rpm HDD. I do not see the point. Greetings.

[Suzlon]

I am asking that we by no ignorant to put a challenge. It makes me odd at first glance that the card does not prove the graphics system that has shown me (which by default check dxdiag) so I was concerned, the laptop has enough RAM (3 GB) then it does with what is HyperMemory, pull aero? Not intend to run GTA IV maxima (which is what most are asking at the time). I am happy if the game runs for me down to 30fps but it was to see if it could put a little more.

[Baltazar]

Adding RAM, system only gonna get worse, usually the PC's RAM is slower than the integrated graphics, and adding that difference and that the PC has also to do an intermediary for this RAM, the thing that:
- You have less RAM for your PC
- Have a slight increase in CPU consumption
- Graphic growing slower due to heat have to use that extra RAM

I see no advantages, you can only gain more textures or graphics at the expense of worse performance. If not then the same would have held the ram itself.

[Suzlon]

Ok and the other side it is true what they said, thought that the 1.5G were independent of the card and the card gave to the system which does not use the dedicated but it's the opposite thing. OK so I leave it then, anyway thanks for the explanation.