Increase Integrated Graphics VRAM by Sharing RAM for Gaming

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Table of contents 3 items

I. What Is VRAM?
II. What Does VRAM Do?
III. How to Increase VRAM

I. What Is VRAM?

VRAM stands for Video RAM, a special type of memory dedicated to processing images or motion together with the GPU, and the GPU is the image processing chip on the graphics card. In short, VRAM is the internal memory of the GPU graphics card.

II. What Does VRAM Do?

The main and biggest job of VRAM is to help adjust the screen resolution. VRAM helps display images before and while the GPU is working, and better, nicer displays consume more VRAM because the higher the resolution, the more pixels there are.

Besides helping with the display, VRAM also helps when changing a game’s textures higher or lower. For example, you can play a very old game at Low or Medium settings on a mid-range graphics card or even on onboard graphics (integrated graphics); however, when you tune it to High or Ultra (the highest graphics level) or turn on other features such as anti-aliasing, shadows, etc.., more VRAM is needed to process the pixels.
Today, many games require different amounts of VRAM. Some games don’t require very much VRAM, but others with nicer, more realistic effects need a lot of VRAM to meet their demands. From what I’ve found, for today’s games, around 2 Gb of VRAM in general is fine!
Also, you should know that many programs require a certain amount of VRAM to run smoothly, such as 3D design software, Photoshop,…

III. How to Increase VRAM

1. Increase VRAM in the BIOS

On HP models, go to BIOS > select the tab Advanced > Device Configurations

Then move down to the Video Memory Size line to increase the VRAM capacity, save, then boot into Windows and you’re done.

2. Increase Virtual VRAM

With this method, we’ll modify a Registry value to change the amount of VRAM the system reports to games or apps. This method doesn’t actually increase VRAM; it only increases a virtual number to trick games or apps that require a lot of VRAM. If you run into an error where a game or app won’t run because there is too little VRAM, this method will fix it. Here’s how:
Step 1: Open the Run dialog (Windows+R), then type the regedit command and press Enter.

Step 2: In the Registry Editor window, go to the path below:
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREIntel
Right-click the Intel key and choose New -> Key to create a new key, and name the key GMM.

Step 3: Click the GMM key, then right-click an empty area in the right pane and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, name it DedicatedSegmentSize and give it a value from 0 to 512; this is the virtual VRAM capacity. Remember to select Decimal. Finally, click OK and restart the computer, and you’re done.