Once you hit 2G, adding more RAM won't increase the video allocation. Also note that while this system will take 8G, it has only two memory sockets (not three), you also must have a 64-bit operating system or you will see only half the RAM.
If you do want 8 G, Crucial guarantees their RAM will work.
The inspiron 1545 laptop that you are using can use a maximum RAM of 4GB.There are 3 slots to put in the RAM cards in the motherboard. So, to let you know that you will not be able to upgrade it to 8GB RAM. You can use 4GB RAM if you want to speed up the system and wants to play high end games, this will not affect the RAM allocated to the video card.
The system is set to 812MB, 64MB dedicated and 748MB being taken from the shared system memory. Would I be right in thinking this is the maximum amount that Dell have set that can be used, regardless of the amount of extra RAM put into the system? The Intel specs[1] say that up to ~1.7GB can be allocated on the Mobile 4 chipsets, depending on what Dell have done to the configuration.
MarkTheDaemon
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July 26th, 2012 12:00
Pretty useless answer from Dell support there, given that the Inspiron 1545 has two RAM slots, not three, and supports up to 8GB.
Anyway, thanks for the advice ejn63. Just wanted to check what Dell had set the video card settings to.
ejn63
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July 26th, 2012 10:00
At 2G you should get the max. Are you sure you're not seeing the 32M frame buffer (which is fixed - and NOT the video RAM)?
ejn63
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July 26th, 2012 10:00
Once you hit 2G, adding more RAM won't increase the video allocation. Also note that while this system will take 8G, it has only two memory sockets (not three), you also must have a 64-bit operating system or you will see only half the RAM.
If you do want 8 G, Crucial guarantees their RAM will work.
www.crucial.com/.../listparts.aspx
DELL-Priyanka_S
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July 26th, 2012 10:00
Hi,
Welcome to the Community.
The inspiron 1545 laptop that you are using can use a maximum RAM of 4GB.There are 3 slots to put in the RAM cards in the motherboard. So, to let you know that you will not be able to upgrade it to 8GB RAM. You can use 4GB RAM if you want to speed up the system and wants to play high end games, this will not affect the RAM allocated to the video card.
Please reply if anymore queries.
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MarkTheDaemon
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July 26th, 2012 10:00
Yes, apologies, was looking at the wrong thing.
The system is set to 812MB, 64MB dedicated and 748MB being taken from the shared system memory. Would I be right in thinking this is the maximum amount that Dell have set that can be used, regardless of the amount of extra RAM put into the system? The Intel specs[1] say that up to ~1.7GB can be allocated on the Mobile 4 chipsets, depending on what Dell have done to the configuration.
[1] www.intel.com/.../cs-029090.htm