Intel HD 4000 graphic settings

[Symcy94]

Hello there,

I'm using notebook with i3 3217U CPU and it have intel HD 4000 graphic inside.
I noticed that in BIOS I can set some fixed memory size for graphic, but on my notebook at settings I can also see avalible memory for graphic or something. By default, fixed size was 64MB in BIOS (when I check setting on windows it said 32MB), and around 1700MB avalible in total.
Now they question: does system automaticly give more RAM to graphic, when that's needed? So it have 64MB (or 32MB), but when I run some game, system will recognize that, and give addictional 512MB to my graphic? Does it works like that, or I have to manually set some stuffs to work correctly?

What do you recomend me to do with my ASUS X551CA Notebook. I have 4GB RAM, and wondering if I should leave default settings (fixed 64MB in BIOS), or change that value to 128/256/512 ?


Best Regards,
Simon

 

[Techhog]

It works exactly like that, which is why it's called dynamic memory. You don't need to do anything. All GPUs, integrated or dedicated, take system memory without user interaction if they need it.