Q: MacMini 2012 i5 grafics card upgrade

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MonteiroRapha

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Hi.

I have a 2012 i5 MacMini with 4gb of ram. The integrated grafics card has 512mb.

If I upgrade to 16gb of ram, will the MacMini have more grafics card memory ?

Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Aug 14, 2013 10:39 AM

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Welcome to Apple Support Communities

The Late 2012 Mac mini has got an Intel HD Graphics 4000, which can get its VRAM increased as it's an integrated GPU. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3246#intel4000

With 16 GB of RAM, you will get 768 MB of VRAM for the GPU

Posted on Aug 14, 2013 10:42 AM

Q: MacMini 2012 i5 grafics card upgrade

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Accepted Answer · Aug 14, 2013 10:42 AM

mende1

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Aug 14, 2013 10:42 AM in response to MonteiroRapha

Welcome to Apple Support Communities

The Late 2012 Mac mini has got an Intel HD Graphics 4000, which can get its VRAM increased as it's an integrated GPU. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3246#intel4000

With 16 GB of RAM, you will get 768 MB of VRAM for the GPU