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Is There a Way to Increase The V-RAM Above 256MB

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Hi, I have had my mac mini for about 5 months, and in that time have also maxed out the ram (4GB). I was wondering if there is a way to force the amount of Video-RAM above 256MB. Is there any thing i can change in system preferences?

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This model uses a GeForce 9400M that shares memory with the system. I have not found where that could be upgraded, but:

Officially, this model is capable of supporting 4 GB of RAM, but as first reported by MacminiColo, this model unofficially can use 8 GB of RAM after applying EFI Firmware Update 1.2. You might try that route.

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The video ram is a fixed amount that is a separate piece of ram from the main RAM. It comes with the video card/chip and cannot be upgraded unless you buy a new video card. I cant really understand what you mean by ‘maxing out the RAM’ please explain further

He's installed two 2GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SODIMMs and maxed out the RAM.

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Even if your Mac mini is full ram there's no system option to ad more ram (vram) to the video card but that would be a nice feature.

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