Dedicated Graphics Memory

Hi there,
My current dedicated graphics memory is only 512 mb and it barely meets the minnimum requirement for most games. After reviewing a few videos online I leanred that this may be changed throgh the system bios however there is simply no such option in my current BIOS version (I already installed the most recent BIOS update).
So this brings me to my question. Is there any way (perhaps a program or something of that nature) to increase the dedicated graphics memmory or am I stuck with this amount?
(My laptop model is: HP Pavilion dv6-6b47dx)
Thanks!
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I have never heard of anyone being able to change the graphics memory allocation by any means.
If you want to try different things, go ahead and let us know if anything works because hundreds of people have asked this question and hundreds have been disappointed.
If you want to replace the motherboard for a supported one listed in the service manual for your model if available, that may have better graphics, that would be your only option.
I would buy a new notebook before I went that route.

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