You cannot increase video memory either on a separate card or integrated. Replacing the integrated video with a better video card is the only way. Then you run into the limited power supply that will also have to be upgraded to run a better card. The 660 will never be a great gaming computer, even if it's upgraded but you could run less demanding games with a separate mid range video card.
You also don't get the shared ram back So with 4 gigs or 8 gigs of ram you only have 3.8 gigs or 7.8 gigs useable even when a PCI-E card is used AND Turbo Trash and Hyper Junk can steal an additional 1.5 gigs of system ram. PCI-E cards will start swapping to system memory when the onboard texture memory runs out.
Mary G
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August 6th, 2014 08:00
You cannot increase video memory either on a separate card or integrated. Replacing the integrated video with a better video card is the only way. Then you run into the limited power supply that will also have to be upgraded to run a better card. The 660 will never be a great gaming computer, even if it's upgraded but you could run less demanding games with a separate mid range video card.
speedstep
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August 6th, 2014 09:00
You also don't get the shared ram back So with 4 gigs or 8 gigs of ram you only have 3.8 gigs or 7.8 gigs useable even when a PCI-E card is used AND Turbo Trash and Hyper Junk can steal an additional 1.5 gigs of system ram. PCI-E cards will start swapping to system memory when the onboard texture memory runs out.
speedstep
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August 6th, 2014 09:00
INTEL HD Graphics doesn't meet minimum system requirements.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri?gameName=plants-vs-zombies-garden-warfare&itemId=12191&p=r
Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare
Minimum Requirements