Graphics memory is the clipboard of a video card, which is one of its main characteristics. You can increase it in different ways, depending on your capabilities and computer configuration.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - access to the Internet.
Instructions
Step 1
Before choosing how to increase the graphics memory of your computer, review its current configuration in the desktop properties on the "Adapter" tab. If you have an external graphics card connected to your motherboard, you can replace it with a more recent model that matches your motherboard model. Check the compatibility parameters on the official website of the video adapter manufacturer on the device configuration view page.
Step 2
If you are the owner of a laptop, and its configuration has a video adapter built into the motherboard, check by its model the possibility of installing an external video card. If the motherboard does not support the installation of a new video adapter, you can replace it, or you can use the allocation of a part of the computer's RAM to graphics memory in the BIOS. In this case, the overall performance of the computer will become slightly lower, and the clipboard of the video card will work faster.
Step 3
If it is possible to install additional RAM modules, buy an additional bracket that matches your motherboard model. If the memory slots are already full, replace the memory with cards with a higher capacity in terms of its capacity to further distribute it to the computer's video card. If the integrated video card is used in a regular computer, in most cases it is possible to install an external module.
Step 4
Use various software methods to increase your video memory. You can also free up graphics memory by shutting down unused programs, setting the maximum performance mode in the computer properties, and so on.
Step 5
You can also download special software for your computer that creates additional profiles for running games, in which, after restarting the computer, a significant amount of video memory is freed by closing some system programs that are not required to start computer games.
Step 6
Please note that the best ways to increase graphics memory are still to replace hardware, reduce the resource consumption of the computer by closing programs running in the background, and simplify the user interface. If the software and games are malfunctioning, also make sure that the problem is with the video card and not with other hardware.
