The Mother Board

[Oylpann]

First off I wanted to say WOW, I cant believe I remembered my login info for this site. It's been forever since I've been on here. Anyway! On to the question at hand.

I took part my income tax and built the following:

ASUS F2A85-V PRO Motherboard
A10-5800K Processor
2 x 4GB G. Skill 1866 DDR3 (PC3 14900)
550 Watt PSU
Hyper 212 Evo Cooler

System runs like a champ compared to what I previously had (5+ yr old PC) and I currently have it overclocked to 4.5GHz and its rock solid stable.

I mainly play Eve Online and with two clients open on two different monitors and get around 30-50fps with medium settings.

The system according to AMD Overdrive is allocating 512mb of system memory to the IGP. I can't seem to find a setting in the BIOS to change the amount of memory allocated, so thats what this wall of text is asking. Is anyone familiar with this motherboard and if so, is there a setting I'm missing to change the amount of memory thats allocated to the IGP.

Thanks!
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Asus F2A85-V Pro
AMD A10-5800K APU @ 4.5GHz
8GB G. Skill 1866
550w PSU
Hyper 212 Evo

[Karlsweldt]

IGP means an Integrated Video Processor. The setting for video memory use is called video aperture.. set on a BIOS page regarding features.
Since you did not note use of a video card add-in, you are using the on-board graphics system. That design allocates a dedicated amount of memory at the "top" of the memory stack. Setting the video aperture at the 512 MB amount for your use is not unusual. A lesser amount would not provide good video for gaming. But on-board video is no match for a dedicated video card. For on-board video, the CPU must do double duty in separating data, as well as rendering video data. It is preferred to not go beyond 25% of total memory for the video aperture setting, when used.
F2A85-V PRO Motherboard reference:
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[Mr T]

Maximum shared is 2048Mb (2Gb)... Setting in the BIOS to that as Karl said or set it to auto and it dynamically allocates Video RAM...
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[bdub]

just for reference the a10-5800k has a gpu built into it that is better than a discrete gt-440 for use in gaming. pretty impressive for a gpu built into a processor.
the gpu built in is a 7660d, my question is is this the equivilant of a discrete 7650 gpu (if there was one), and is this why amd doesn't make anything lower than an hd-7750?
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[evasive]

It may be so Intel doesn't have any current AMD discrete graphics it can claim pwning rights for:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

The other reason might be the very basic design they use is already good enough for a 7750. My question is, what in the world would you need such a weak card for?
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[bdub]

good call on that chart... i've used it often, but forgot it had igp associated in there too. looks like a 7660d is not even worth 5570 or even a 4650.

so i guess a 7650 series card and down (7570, 7550, 7450) would be needed to fill the sub $85 range for those with older sockets or a tight budget, but there are none still. in fact the x650 series has always been known as a great entry level gaming card for budget builds, and it has got to be well ahead of the igp 7660d if it were to be made. why the hole there, amd? i guess it doesn't make sense for them to put a production chain on sub $85 cards anymore, and if you want budget, stick to igp mobos, or fm1 and fm2 sockets with apu's now.
is intel doing the same thing?
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my main rig...
asrock 970 extreme3
AMD athlonII X3 440
zalman cpns5x performa hs/fan
crucial ballistix 2x4gb sport ddr3-1333
powercolor 3850 256bit/512meg vga
antec neo he 650r
kingston hyperx 3k ssd 120GB
seagate 500GB HDD 32M cache
seagate 750GB HDD 32M cache
hitachi 1TB HDD 32M cache
lg wh14ns40 bd burner
optiarc ad-7240s sata dvdrw (nec chipset)

[evasive]

People with older socket boards usually will buy a used card. If already tight on budget, $85 will go a long way for 2nd hand graphics cards or previous generations, a HD5770 would skin your "HD7650" alive. For as little as $30...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-ATI-Radeon-HD-5770-HD577AZNFC-1-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-Graphic-/140928036726?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item20cff72f76
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[bdub]

it would also consume a lot more energy and heat... but i get your point, although i doubt that 5770 is going to stay at 31.00 at the end of bidding.... that would be a pretty good deal. plus you take a chance with used cards, and also not a majority of people are knowledgable enough to assess correct values of older cards... all this should point to a market that could be tAken advantage of, but isn't.
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my main rig...
asrock 970 extreme3
AMD athlonII X3 440
zalman cpns5x performa hs/fan
crucial ballistix 2x4gb sport ddr3-1333
powercolor 3850 256bit/512meg vga
antec neo he 650r
kingston hyperx 3k ssd 120GB
seagate 500GB HDD 32M cache
seagate 750GB HDD 32M cache
hitachi 1TB HDD 32M cache
lg wh14ns40 bd burner
optiarc ad-7240s sata dvdrw (nec chipset)