VMware: Insufficient video RAM. The maximum resolution of the virtual machine will be limited to 1672×1254
January 16th, 2011
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I created a new VM via the “New virtual machine" wizard at my ESXi 4.1 server, after configuring the correct network settings and added some disks I started the VM.. but received this warning:
Insufficient video RAM. The maximum resolution of the virtual machine will be limited to 1672×1254. To use the configured maximum resolution of 2560×1600, increase the amount of video RAM allocated to this virtual machine by setting svga.vramSize="16384000" in the virtual machine’s configuration file.

Solution:
- Edit the VM settings
- Select: Video card
- Select: “Auto-detect video settings”
- Power on your VM… and it’s working
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