How can I increase my Intel HD(R) graphics dedicated video memory in a Windows 8.1 desktop?

How can I increase my Intel HD(R) graphics dedicated video memory in a Windows 8.1 desktop?

Intel graphics memory can't be increased ,but if you want decrease lag you can disable visual effects on 8.1 and also you can increase virtual memory.

David Ewansiha

Barking up the wrong tree.

If you aren’t getting the quality you want with integrated graphics, you want to see about getting a graphics card with enough memory for your applications. I have Intel on three machines: one’s a Mac and the other two are Win 10 laptops. I do most everything on the Mac which is i7 and 16GB RAM. No dedicated card.

There’s not much need for a dedicated graphics card if you have sufficient memory. Figure 8–16GB RAM and turning off any apps you don’t need while working with images. If you are up to date with your apps, drivers and have enough RAM, you should be good. If not, than you want to look at a graphics card with 2GB or more. Pretty easy DIY for most folks.

David school at AAU

Written 19 Dec 2015

If you have a laptop, you should first check out your BIOS to see if there's a setting to set the Intel HD Graphics dedicated video memory or not. Refer to the "Desktop Users" section below for more information and what to search in the BIOS. Unfortunately, most laptop manufacturers do not include such setting in their BIOSes, so do not worry if you do not find one for your laptop. You can contact your laptop manufacturer for more information, but most likely it will not be possible to increase Intel HD Graphics dedicated video memory. That is why you should consider other ways to make a given game run on your computer. I recommend you try the following:

  1. Update the game to its latest version and apply its latest patches. You can also check out the game vendor's website for a patch or a fix that makes the game run on Intel HD graphic.

2. If step 1 didn't solve the problem, search over the Internet for a way to fool the game that your graphics card has the required amount of dedicated video memory. Many games have a settings or a configuration file, which lets you manually input the dedicated video memory of your graphics card or some other settings that might help, so simply search a little bit for the game you are interested in and I'm pretty sure a solution will come up.

If you have a desktop, you are lucky - almost all desktop computers have a setting in the BIOS which lets you specify the exact amount of "dedicated" memory Intel HD Graphics should allocate from system RAM. All you have to do it to enter the BIOS, which is usually done by pressing <F2>, <F10> or <Del> right after your computer starts. Take a look at the initial screen to see the exact key you should press or consult your motherboard user's manual. When you enter the BIOS, look for the Intel HD Graphics share memory setting, which is usually placed in a category like "Advanced", "Chipset Configuration" or something like that, if you cannot find it, consult your motherboard user's manual again, as it should be listed there. The screenshot below shows how this setting looks like on an Asrock motherboard.

When you find the setting simply set the amount of "dedicated" memory your want your Intel HD Graphics to allocate when your computer starts and press <F10> to save the settings and reboot your computer. Please, note that this memory is not actually dedicated, but is rather taken from system RAM, so if your computer has only 2GB of RAM do not set it too high as you will be left with only a small amount of system memory and your computer's performance will suffer.

Intel HD cards are built in the motherboard itself and memory is a hardware dependent property.
So unless you change your motherboard entirely it's not possible to do something about it.

To increase/optimize performance you may follow these tips:

If you like to see how much graphics memory.

Download CPU-Z | Softwares | CPUID

Open CPU-Z you can see how much memory, core, manufacturer brand, GPU name etc.

Then you purchase some best graphics card online.