Mobile Intel Intergrated Graphics - Changing Shared Graphics Memory?

Mobile Intel Intergrated Graphics - Changing Shared Graphics Memory?

I have a Fujitsu Laptop, and it came with 4GB of RAM and an Integrated Intel Graphics adapter. As only 3Gb's shows up to the OS, I'd like to decrease the amount of shared Graphics Memory. I checked in the BIOS and graphics properties but can’t seem to find where to make the changes. If anyone has experienced the same I’d be interested to know. As I could never imagine an intergraded graphics adapter using anything above 256MB, even with a large external monitor attached!!

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"This is fairly normal for notebook integrated cards actually. Even my older Acer with a dedicated NVidia card used to do this. This doesn't mean it is using 1GB thought.

Most notebooks although sporting 4GB of RAM, will rarely if ever give you full access to all of it, and normally will only give you access to 3.5GB. The rest of the memory is allocated as system resources, shared between the graphics card and other devices on your machine, as or when required.

In your case because your running 32-Bit Windows XP it can only see the first 3GB anyway, you will find upgrading to 64-Bit you will only be able to reference 3.5GB. I won't recommended 64-Bit Windows XP because drivers are a killer, but Windows 7 64-Bit would run like a dream.

Unless there is an updated BIOS that allows you to change this setting, there is no way to adjust it anywhere else."