Do you have the latest Intel Chipset and Intel Graphics drivers? Go to Intel's download site and let its wizard scan your system for suitable drivers.
It's quite likely you can't increase the amount of RAM dedicated to video, and I don't see that option listed in BIOS, according to the service manual.
Add-in video cards don't have to be very expensive so even a "plain vanilla" card might boost the performance.
After doing more research, I discovered that my particular Intel Processor/OS combination uses dynamic memory allocation, up to 1.7GB of the installed RAM. Previous generations of Intel processors could be configured to a static amount, but now they do it on the fly.
Still not very much memory, but it'll tide me over until I can save up enough dosh to get a discrete graphics card. Thanks for the help!
I literally updated all the drivers to latest versions and flashed the BIOS to latest version. The service manual was the second or third place I looked for information.
There's clearly the ability to increase dedicated video RAM for Intel HD graphics. I found a modestly comprehensive tutorial on how to do it. The option simply seems to not be available in my BIOS settings.
The reason I posted this thread was in hopes that someone well-versed with the Optiplex line would have some insight into how to change it. I wouldn't have posted the thread unless I'd exhausted my own investigations.
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March 31st, 2016 17:00
Do you have the latest Intel Chipset and Intel Graphics drivers? Go to Intel's download site and let its wizard scan your system for suitable drivers.
It's quite likely you can't increase the amount of RAM dedicated to video, and I don't see that option listed in BIOS, according to the service manual.
Add-in video cards don't have to be very expensive so even a "plain vanilla" card might boost the performance.
Furrymessiah
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March 31st, 2016 18:00
After doing more research, I discovered that my particular Intel Processor/OS combination uses dynamic memory allocation, up to 1.7GB of the installed RAM. Previous generations of Intel processors could be configured to a static amount, but now they do it on the fly.
Still not very much memory, but it'll tide me over until I can save up enough dosh to get a discrete graphics card. Thanks for the help!
Furrymessiah
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March 31st, 2016 18:00
I literally updated all the drivers to latest versions and flashed the BIOS to latest version. The service manual was the second or third place I looked for information.
There's clearly the ability to increase dedicated video RAM for Intel HD graphics. I found a modestly comprehensive tutorial on how to do it. The option simply seems to not be available in my BIOS settings.
The reason I posted this thread was in hopes that someone well-versed with the Optiplex line would have some insight into how to change it. I wouldn't have posted the thread unless I'd exhausted my own investigations.