I'm looking into a game that requires 512 mb of video memory, and my laptop only has 32 mb of video memory.
It has 1gb of RAM and I'm upgrading it to 2 gb. Will the RAM help out where the video memory is lacking?
Will I be able to play the game that requires the 512 mb of video memory on the system?
2006-09-22 07:21:49 · 4 answers · asked by johnequickiii 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
OK I feel like a complete NOOB atm... o,O;
These are the system requirements for the game.
The game is F.E.A.R., by the way. ^^;
· Windows® XP or 2000 with latest service pack installed
· DirectX® 9.0c (April Edition) (included)
· Pentium® 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent processor
· 512 MB of RAM
· 64 MB GeForce™ 4 Ti or ATI® Radeon® 9600 or equivalent with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
· 5.0 GB free Hard Drive Space for installation
· 4x CD-ROM drive (for Director's Edition, this will have to be DVD-ROM)
· 16-bit DirectX® 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX™ 2.0
· Internet Connection Required
· Mouse
· Keyboard
The reccomended hardware is as follows;
·Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
·1 GB RAM
·A 256 MB Radeon® 9800 Pro or equivalent DirectX® 9 compliant video car with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0 support.
2006-09-22 07:50:19 · update #1
My system specs are as follows...
Brand: Dell
Hard Drive Capacity: 40 GB
Family: Inspiron
Screen Size: 14 inches
Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4
Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Primary Drive: CDRW and DVD. Lap.tops...the best place for laptops on the web.
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Memory (RAM): 1 GB
Graphics processor: nVidia GeForce FX Go5200
Video RAM installed: 32 MB
2006-09-22 07:52:02 · update #2
512MB of video memory is an obscenely large amount. Are you sure that those are teh requirements?
Usually the video card won't automatically allocate more memory for itself if it detects you have increased the RAM in your PC. There may be a setting in the BIOS to change the memory allocated to video, but I'm not sure.
You can also just try installing the game and see what happens.
2006-09-22 07:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by IT Pro 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While many systems allow you to assign more of the shared memory to the video controller, none are going to assign as much as 512mb. You could check with the laptop manufacture for the ability to upgrade your graphics adapter but do not get your hopes up.
2006-09-22 07:26:58 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you won't. You would need a new Vid card. Not even sure they make 512 Vid cards for Laptops either. What game requires 512 ? thats a lot....you sure its not just RAM its talking about?
2006-09-22 07:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should help. now that you are upgrading to 2 gb that shd be more than sufficient to allocate some shared mem to video.
2006-09-22 07:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by EL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋