Is your system struggling to run games or graphics-heavy software? Getting those annoying low VRAM errors?
You’re in the right place—as here we’ll show you how to increase VRAM in Windows 10 and 11 step by step! In this guide, we’ll walk you through the methods to increase your Video RAM or VRAM.
Let’s get right into it.
Process to Increase VRAM (Video RAM) in Windows 11
Follow this step-by-step guide to increase VRAM in Windows 11.
1. Check Your System’s Physical Memory
Boosting your system’s graphics performance — especially on integrated Intel GPUs — can sometimes be achieved by allocating more VRAM through a registry tweak.
- Before adjusting VRAM, it’s important to know how much RAM your system has, as this determines how much VRAM you can allocate.
- To check that, press Windows + R to open the Run command box. Then type msinfo32, and press Enter.
- Look for Total Physical Memory in the list. As you can see here. This can vary as per your system.
2. Check Your Current VRAM
Next, you should check your Current VRAM.
This allows you to see how much video memory is currently dedicated to your graphics card before making changes.
Here’s what to do:
- Right-click on the desktop and choose Display settings.
- Scroll down and click on Advanced display.
- Click Display adapter properties.
- Under the Adapter tab, note the Dedicated Video Memory.
3. Determine the VRAM Value to Set
Now, determine the VRAM Value to Set.
This method will help you to decide how much VRAM to allocate based on your system’s total physical memory.
The amount of VRAM you can safely allocate depends on how much RAM is installed in your system. For example, if your system has 1 GB of RAM you can set the VRAM to 128 MB.
For 2 GB of RAM, you can try to set the VRAM value to 256 MB. If you have 4 GB of RAM, set it to 512 MB.
For 8 GB of RAM, use 1024 MB and so on. This guideline ensures your system has enough memory left for regular tasks while still improving graphical performance.
4. Modify the Registry to Increase VRAM
This is the core method where you manually tell Windows to allocate more VRAM to your integrated graphics card. Here’s what to do:
- Press Windows + R, type regedit, and hit Enter.
- Click on Yes in the UAC prompt.
- Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Intel or AMD or NVIDIA depending upon the graphics card you are using.
- Right-click on the graphics manufacturer’s folder, then select New then Key, then name it as GMM.
- Select the new GMM key. In the right pane, right-click then select New then DWORD (32-bit) Value.
- Name it exactly as DedicatedSegmentSize. Make sure you use the capital letters correctly.
- Now, double-click on it and choose Hexadecimal.
- Set the value as per your system.
- Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
- A restart is necessary to apply the new registry settings and reflect the updated VRAM allocation.
- Restart your PC.
- After rebooting, repeat Method 2 to check if the Dedicated Video Memory has increased.
Wrapping Up
And that’s it! That was how to increase your VRAM in Windows 10 or 11—whether for better gaming, smoother performance, or tackling graphics-intensive tasks.
We hope one of these methods helped boost your system’s graphics capability.
If you found this guide helpful, let us know in the comments below—we’d love to hear from you!
