intel HD grafics 4000 force dedicated

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hello, I didn't know where I had to put this post....
(Im using a mac mini 2011 with 8gb RAM so 512mb VRAM)

so the problem is my graphics card uses the integrated VRAM while the dedicated is larger (particularly for minecraft ftb who it doesnt recognizes as a game).

so does anyone know how to force it to use your dedicated VRAM (maybe expanding that also)

I've searched all over the net so this is my last call, please help

-big.

EDIT: intel HD grafics 3000 video card

VRAM and RAM have entirely different purposes, and are contained within completely separate parts of your system, that is if they are indeed separate. For most graphics cards, the RAM is contained within the card itself, but on some lower end laptops, it will be shared. Yours apparently uses the pre-installed VRAM, as with most systems. To my knowledge, there's no way to share between the two, and my only suggestion would be to purchase a better graphics card, as 512mb seems to not meet your needs. I'd also advise against expanding your RAM as 8GB is more than sufficient for even the highest quality games, and larger quantities would only be needed for intensive rendering/video editing, which relies on heavy amounts of memory, but not visual as in GFX cards.