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    Extensa 4420 increasing video ram

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jcgc50, Dec 31, 2009.

  1. jcgc50

    jcgc50 Newbie

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    This model came with 2gb of ram. Video ram was set at 256mb which was as high as it could be set in BIOS. However, if I understand correctly the amount of ram allocated could be increased by adding additional ram.

    I have increased to 3gb. When I went back to the BIOS 256mb was still the highest available setting. The total of 3gb is recognized.

    Is there something I am not doing or is 256mb the best you can do no matter how much ram you have?
     
    jcgc50, Dec 31, 2009
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  2. gersto

    gersto Notebook Enthusiast

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    my understanding is the 256MB IS the max shared memory allocatable for the x1250 video card, sorry.
     
    gersto, Jun 12, 2010
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