what is video ram?? my pc cant meet any minimum system requirement!!?

Question

i wanted to ask what is a video ram, is the same thing as graphic memory?? becoz i have perform a test of game system requirement , and i know my graphic memory is 224 (intel gma 950) but why they show there my video ram is only 36mb and i cant meet any minimum system requirement

my system ram is 1.5gb

how to increase graphic ram

Answer 1

Video Ram is dedicated graphic RAM, on higher end graphics cards, like Nvidia, GEforce, and such.

You're Intel GMA 950 is shared RAM, which shares the standard ram, with the video card, resulting in your programs "bogging" down, and getting slower, as the RAM allocated for processing, gets "borrowed" by your graphics processing.

As for meeting min system requirements, I assume u mean games, as most non gaming, non graphic editing software doesn't require too much in the graphics department.

Look for something with 128MB of dedicated ram on it, and make sure it's compatible with your motherboard before you buy it.

Answer 2

Pretty much no half recent game will run decently on an Intel graphics chip.

The only realistic way to upgrade video RAM is to put a new video card in your computer (which will then disable the built in graphics and take over so you'll have to plug your monitor into the new card, which isn't really much of an issue).

Your graphics memory probably isn't 224 MiB unless you've set it to that in the BIOS (IMHO it'd be stupid to do so since nothing that any sane person would run on Intel graphics crap could possibly need that much, even the 36 MiB you've got it set to is probably too much and since integrated graphics uses a portion of the system RAM you're basically losing memory when you provide more for graphics).

A proper graphics card will have dedicated RAM on the card itself so it won't steal any of your system RAM (some of them can be set up to steal some to augment system RAM but that's also not the best idea).

Answer 3

You have it mixed up friend! I believe "224" is your System RAM. The Intel GMA 950 has 36MB, possibly due to it sharing your System RAM as its graphics memory. Video RAM is the memory that videocards use to buffer their information inorder to process pixels to your monitor. If the videocard does not have its own RAM, it will use some of the System RAM (what your CPU uses as buffer memory to process mathematics) as its own.

Those specifications are very old. I recommend you go get new hardware or buy a new computer. No program that comes out today will accpet such low computer specifications.

Answer 4

its referring to ram thats specifically dedicated to your graphics chipset. The best option to play games on a computer is to have a dedicated graphics card. These are generally used to over-ride the existing in-built graphics hardware that comes with most lower-end motherboards. The advantage with having such a card is that they contain a faster separate processor and their own ram. additionally, this ram is usually a special fast variety especially for moving graphics quickly.

If you are wanting to play the _latest_ games the bad news is that it can be quite expensive ($200-300) to get a card thats up to scratch. (this is assuming your cpu and ram is relatively current) If you are happy to play older games, of course, cheaper hardware will do the job fine.

For gamers, the goal is twofold: fps (frames per second - or how fast the game animates) and resolution (the amount of detail on screen) .. there is always a trade off between resolution and fps. The more detail you want (the better you want the game to look), the harder your hardware has to work and therefore the lower your fps.

If you're wanting to get into pc gaming you might want to ask around about what games run //well// (note Im not saying just 'run') on hardware thats similar to what you have or what you are thinking of buying. All popular games have dedicated forums on the web where this information is easily available.

If you're interested in pricing a card, tomshardware has a guide that might be a good starting point.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/06/best_graphics_card/

Hope this helps

Answer 5

Yes, It's your graphics memory...
Your graphics are most likely integrated onto your mother board.
Which means they "share" your memory..
Increasing your memory will over come this.

Answer 6

u cant increase graph ram but u could get a new video card with more ram in it