System reporting 512MB of VRAM for Intel HD Graphics 3000

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System reporting 512MB of VRAM for Intel HD Graphics 3000

Hi,

I just notice in the System Profiler my MacBook Pro is reporting 512MB of VRAM although the Apple claims it would have up to 384MB. Do you think it is correct?

MacBookPro8,1 - 2011 MacBook Pro 13" i7, RAM 8GB, SSD Corsair F240, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 19, 2011 1:29 AM

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Kurt S.

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Mar 19, 2011 3:09 AM in response to guitrein

If you go through the spec http://support.apple.com/kb/SP620?viewlocale=en_US

go down to the end (section 5)

"Memory available to Mac OS X may vary depending on graphics needs. Minimum graphics memory usage is 384MB."

So its normal and correct

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guitrein Author

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Mar 19, 2011 5:49 AM in response to Kurt S.

Hi Kurt,

Indeed 384MB is the minimum and not the maximum allocated.
Thank you very much!

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