Can Integrated graphics card and dedicated graphics card work together?
My computer has an integrated graphics card with 512 mb of ram and i have a dedicated graphics card in my old computer that also has 512 mb of ram. If i take the dedicated one from my old computer and put it into my new one will they work together and give me 1 gb of ram or will it use one or the other?
What laptop CPUs have the highest integrated graphics VRAM (nothing about dedicated graphics)?
Most of AMD APUs in laptops have integrated GPUs that burrow up to 1GB of graphics memory, shared from the system’s main memory. But this depends on how much system memory is installed e.g. an AMD system with a 4GB RAM, the iGPU will take up to 512MB of VRAM, or a system with 8GB RAM (like mine with an AMD FX-7500 APU with R7 Graphics), will take up to 1GB VRAM.I’m not sure if there’s any that can go higher than 1GB, assuming if there are AMD APU systems that have more than 8GB RAM. Then again, the guy in this video, has the same APU as mine but with 16GB RAM and the R7 GPU has been assigned 2GB of VRAM:With Intel’s iGPU, the most i see is up to 128MB of VRAM, at least in Acer laptops.
Can I in some way use both dedicated graphics and integrated graphics at the same time in a game to boost FPS? If so, how?
That entirely depends on the API used by the game. Any DX12 game which implements exclusive/explicit multi-GPU support (which is not SLI or CrossFire) can utilise both graphics card at the same time. However, vendors must expose said feature in their WDDM2.x driver on Windows 10.Afaik few games actually implement this feature but expect more titles to support it in the coming years. I believe Vulkan also offers this feature but almost no game is using it, at least not on Windows. AMD also supports their own proprietary dual-graphics solution on select APUs but that itself has limited benefits.Btw, integrated GPUs will bring almost no performance improvements, even when used in that configuration because they are not designed for gaming in the first place.
Can we use a combined integrated and dedicated graphics card on a PC?
Manufacturers are always playing with the concept of using a desktop's onboard video chip along with a dedicated graphics card. I've heard of Intel making a few attempts but I definitely know of more than a few instances that AMD has worked with motherboard and video card manufacturers to set up the framework. Also they have an APU line of processors with a GPU built in that you can augment with a dedicated graphics card.Before the APUs they had a system that combined the dedicated graphics card with the onboard graphics Chip's processing power on their Phenom II platform called Hybrid graphics. Unfortunately, both these systems weren't very powerful and returned limited benefit for the effort. One of the restrictions you had to put up with when using both systems you had to get specific video card types for it to work.Bottom line is, if you're strapped for cash you could wring a little bit more performance out of your computer with the right video card. But if you're looking for serious performance for gaming and video rendering, stick with the old formula that works.
My laptop has an AMD A8-6410 with an integrated Radeon R5 graphics. It shows that it has kept 512 MB of memory as a dedicated graphics memory. Will increasing the RAM increase the dedicated graphics memory size too?
Despite of people here saying it will not increase, my answer is YES.I have the same APU.People need to understand that the APUs have something different than the general CPUs.Accelerated Processing Units have the GPU integrated directly on the CPU and in this case the AMD A8 6410 has R5 Graphics and they utilize Ram for functioning.I tried this myself before posting here, although I had absolutely no doubts about it.For instance, if you use 2 GB of ram, then the dedicated Vram will change to a mere 256MB, using 4 GB of Ram changes the Vram to 512 MB.I tried using a 8GB Ram stick and what I found was that my Vram changed to 1 GB.But there can be a problem as well…If your motherboard can share only 512MB of Vram, then no matter how much Ram you add, it will only show 512MB of Dedicated Graphics Memory. I would suggest you to please confirm this from your Mobo vendor/support if your Mobo can share more Vram.In my case, there was no setting in Bios to change the Vram, so I am pretty sure that your’s wouldn’t have it as well.Please note: Faster Ram is better than More ram in case of APUs family.A 1833Mhz 4GB Ram will be better (if used dual channel it will be far better) then the 1333Mhz 8GB Ram.The point here is the same, if your Motherboard supports 2133 Mhz of Rams, then go for them for the best benefit of your APU.
How can I determine if I am using an integrated or dedicated graphics card in my PC?
Right cick your screen choose screen resolution and then cklick advance setting. Your infoemation needed will be appeared like this:This is my acer E1-451g AMD A8-4500. Unlike running dxdiag, using this methode make us know dedicated, shared and total graphic memery.Sometime, dual vga (ussually intel HD/nVidia) laptop can not be detected by using this methode, and just Intel Hd appeared in screen. Then, you have to use GPU-z software. It will appeared like this:GPU-z provide you more information, but sometime the datas we get are not valid. Those acer E1-451g dedicated memory size above will be written as 4 gb instead of 2.5 Gb!!!!I prefer using this two methode than dxdiag, since dxdiag only provide information about total vga memory size.
If my computer has a discrete graphics card, is buying a CPU with an integrated GPU a waste?
Funny thing... during one of the (many) 3D rendering sets of tests I did in a round of SQA work on a 3D rendering pipeline we found that there was an observable performance increase when using CPUs that had integrated graphics that supported OpenCL. The render engine saw the graphics processing portion of the CPU as just another OpenCL capable device and used it for compute tasks accordingly. But, that's one use case? Surely there are others! How about vPro? I like vPro. It's insanely handy for remote management of workstations. Does vPro work without integrated graphics? No, no it doesn't. This is actually part of why Intel's new series of Xeon E3s is going to have... you guessed it integrated graphics and support for vPro. But... say you were a gamer. And say that, as a gamer, you have a burly GPU. You're wondering if you should bother with a chip that has integrated graphics or not. Depending on your performance target, some of the chips with integrated graphics are cheaper than the ones that don't have it. After all, an i7-6700K is a bit cheaper than an i7-5820K, even though the former has integrated graphics and the latter doesn't. And I promise, unless you get up to three GPUs, you won't notice a difference in game play between the two of them. Integrated graphics can be handy for things besides just using them to drive a monitor. You may not need it, it may be a useless feature for you, but it isn't always true that forgoing integrated graphics results in a cost savings. Of course, I build more gaming computers with Athlon X4 860Ks than I do with AMD APUs because at the extreme budget end, it can make sense to do so... but outside of extreme budget builds, I don't see a reason to avoid a chip with integrated graphics.
Is it possible to replace an Integrated HD Intel graphics card with a dedicated Gaming graphics card?
Not “replace” no. The integrated things are actually just a set of transistors inside the Intel CPU. To replace it you have to replace the entire CPU. E.g. it’s inside one of these:And a scan inside two of those showing how the HD graphics has changed between generations:However, a dedicated card can be installed as additional. Then just plug the screen into the dedicated card’s socket instead of the socket on the motherboard and you’re using the dedicated card instead of the integrated on-chip thing.That’s if this is a desktop.On laptops its not that simple. Usually (like in nearly always) a laptop which only has integrated graphics has no space or allowance for a dedicated “card”. And the dedicated “cards” on laptops are actually chips soldered onto the motherboard (nearly always, only very few of them come with removable cards / chips).Additionally the way dedicated graphics works on laptops is a bit different. Instead it’s more like a helper card to do the heavy lifting for that integrated graphics. I.e. everything still goes through the integrated thing, just that the complex calculations are sent to the helper card.A dedicated “card” in a laptop looks something like this:That’s if the laptop has integrated in the first place (something like an Intel Core-i CPU or an AMD APU). You do get laptops without integrated, though they’re rare (things like Xeon chips, or the Core-i F range, or the non APU processors from AMD, like non H range Ryzen). If that’s the case the dedicated “card” is handling all of the graphics including the IO to the screen. But still it tends to be a soldered on solution - not easily replaceable.There’s one alternative you “could” try in a laptop. Using an external enclosure with a desktop graphics card inside that - connected to the laptop over a Thunderbolt 3.0 connection:Though it’s quite expensive, only works with laptops which have Thunderbolt ports, and isn’t as good as the card would run on a normal PCIe 3.0 x16 slot in a desktop.
Can I replace my AMD Radeon HD 7310 graphics card with a 7770 without an issue?
I am getting a bit into PC gaming and I have a pretty decent computer, but my graphics card is awful. I am wondering if I can replace it without an issue? I am not looking to play Skyrim or anything like that, just Minecraft, Goat Simulator, etc. I have a Gateway Windows 7 64 Bit operating system 4GB of RAM Processor : AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD graphics 1.40 GHz My lack of knowledge is unbearable, I know.
I want a gaming laptop within 50 grand. I've seen laptops with APU Quad cores selling at much lower prices. Can they deliver or is 3rd/4th gen i7 the only option for a good gaming experience?
Dude, my friend has a AMD APU Quad core laptop with dedicated graphics card as well. The specs are good enough on paper but when you start using it, you discover the pitfalls. With same clock speed, an AMD processor is quite a bit slower than an Intel one. Also, might be a problem with the OEM, but thermal shutdown is a common occurrence with that laptop. Temperatures are high as hell (literally) and merely opening chrome fires the fan that whines like a jet. It has shutdown on us on several occasions due to high temp...playing a video in vlc at 8x speedinstalling windowsusing/installing about any linux.He has all but forgotten that it was supposed to be gaming laptop. I've not seen him playing in about six months on that laptop.