How to increase Video Memory on AWS EC2 instance?

Question

I am using Windows Server 2016 images (customized AMI) as Jenkins slaves. I need to increase the dedicated video memory of this instance to 8 MB. By default the video memory of Windows EC2 instances is 0 MB.

Kindly suggest a way for the same. Thanks.

Answer 1

The low end windows instances do not have video memory. If you want your instances to have video memory, you have to launch G2 instances.

From Amazon EC2 Instance Types

G2 instances are optimized for graphics-intensive applications.

Features:

• High Frequency Intel Xeon E5-2670 (Sandy Bridge) Processors
• High-performance NVIDIA GPUs, each with 1,536 CUDA cores and 4GB of video memory
• Each GPU features an on-board hardware video encoder designed to support up to eight real-time HD video streams (720p@30fps) or up to four real-time full HD video streams (1080p@30fps)
• Support for low-latency frame capture and encoding for either the full operating system or select render targets, enabling high-quality interactive streaming experiences

Use Cases

3D application streaming, video encoding, and other server-side graphics workloads.