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7970, low memory usage in BF3?

pprest123

pprest123

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Today when I booted up BF3 for the first time, and about 5minutes in, I get a DX error, stating something along the lines of "OUT OF MEMORY". I didn't quite catch it, but I wish I had screencapped it.

I went back into the game, hoping it was just a fluke and that it wouldn't happen again. It didn't happen again, however, I was running Afterburner overlay this time and noticed something odd, the game was using a really low memory usage! 500-600MB, most I seen was 710MB in a 64 server, as a result, I can certainly tell my frames have dropped significantly as a result. I just can't seem to get that error again though. I've ran Afterburner in the past, and I'm certain I've seen it use well over a 1GB before.

My GPU has 3GB VRAM, so there should be more than enough for it, I only play at 1920x1080. I haven't changed anything on my system since, apart from lowering my CPU voltage, which hasn't shown any problems during stress testing or any other use.

What is the problem?

EDIT: the error looked something like this http://williamwendland.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/desktop_2012_11_12_22_07_28_437.jpg (of course, my GPU is an AMD 7970)
 
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Yeah, all ultra minus anti-aliasing, ambien occ and some more.

In other games, I'm not sure. I was just playing GRID2, which is using just under 1GB, 945MB to be precise, which I've maxed out.
 
I just asked my friend with a 7970 to use Afterburner and tell me his results. He said his was using 1485 mb consistently! I must have a problem :(
 
Ok guys. I went as far re-installing windows, with a fresh install of BF3 after. Booted into the game, problem was no longer there, perfect right? Only once I exited the game, jump into another server, the problem is back. Until I delete the files at Documents > Battlefield 3 > Settings and launch the game again, sorted, but the problem will come back once I exit and launch. What the hell is going on!? I've even attempted to disable cloud back up, no fix.
 
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