https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Shared-video-memory-for-Intel-HD-graphics/m-p/270939#M7511 <P>Isn't i3 M380 an Arrandale CPU? Then it doesn't have a HD3000 iGPU.</P> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:42:41 GMT MSchm21 2012-03-12T00:42:41Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Shared-video-memory-for-Intel-HD-graphics/m-p/270938#M7510 <P>Hello all.</P><P></P><P>I have recently bought a laptop with an Intel Core i3 M380 cpu.</P><P>The CPU includes an Intel HD Graphics 3000 core.</P><P></P><P>The question I have is how much memory can the graphics core reserve from the total RAM available?</P><P>My laptop has 6GB of RAM and it seems 3GB !! are reserved for graphics ... which is too much. I don't want that.</P><P></P><P>Besides the fact that this graphics chipset should only support 1.7Gb of share memory .. I see no point in wasting RAM on it. I am not planning to play any games on the laptop.</P><P></P><P>BIOS does not contain any option for selecting the desired max amount of shared memory for the graphics driver.</P><P></P><P>I am contacting the OEAM provider to ensure this is a limitation they put in place, but I would like to confirm that the Intel HD Graphics 3000's chipset is not hardcoded to use 50% of the system RAM.</P><P></P><P>Thank you</P> Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:45:52 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Shared-video-memory-for-Intel-HD-graphics/m-p/270938#M7510 idata 2012-03-09T14:45:52Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Shared-video-memory-for-Intel-HD-graphics/m-p/270939#M7511 <P>Isn't i3 M380 an Arrandale CPU? Then it doesn't have a HD3000 iGPU.</P> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:42:41 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Shared-video-memory-for-Intel-HD-graphics/m-p/270939#M7511 MSchm21 2012-03-12T00:42:41Z