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Battlefield 3 Video Memory Usage
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Show us yours.
A 2gb card user would be eating into the page file with my settings. Full ultra+4xaa @ 1080p.
Not necessarily. Just because it's using that much VRAM doesn't mean it needs it.
For me though, i do hit a VRAM issue with a GTX580
no AA for me, just FXAA.
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Not necessarily. Just because it's using that much VRAM doesn't it needs it.
For me though, i do hit a VRAM issue with a GTX580
I used to eat into the page file constantly when i had 2x6950's with the same settings.
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Buy a GTX680 and watch as Nvidia manage to have a 2GB 680 use 20% less VRAM than a 3GB 580 at 2560x1600 4AA on close quaters.
Different GPUs use different amounts of VRAM. Not by much but the 6 series cards do seem to eb more efficient than previous gens.
Different GPUs use different amounts of VRAM. Not by much but the 6 series cards do seem to eb more efficient than previous gens.
Try alt tabbing a few times mid game, you'll start chewing into the page file before you know it.
Try alt tabbing a few times mid game, you'll start chewing into the page file before you know it.
Then just play the game and stop messing about.
Have you had a look at this thread?: Battlefield 3 total system resource benchmarks.
I alt tab during gaming for a whole host of reasons. Nothing to do with messing about.
This thread is for people to post screenshots in game at various resolutions showing how much video memory their game is using.
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Million discussions on this.
Basically, even 2GB cards have some form of caching going on as excess VRAM is available. 3GB will cache even more as more is available. It doesn't mean it will go to page-file.
I alt tab loads as well and I never have even come close to exceeding 2GB on full Ultra 1080p.
2GB is way more than enough for 1080p. Arguably 1.5GB is OK as well if you disable Aero.
It also won't go to the page-file on 1950~ usage. I run at this level and higher while benching max settings @ 5760*1080 continuously and suffer no page-file streaming slowdowns
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Basically, even 2GB cards have some form of caching going on as excess VRAM is available. 3GB will cache even more as more is available. It doesn't mean it will go to page-file.
I alt tab loads as well and I never have even come close to exceeding 2GB on full Ultra 1080p.
2GB is way more than enough for 1080p. Arguably 1.5GB is OK as well if you disable Aero.
It also won't go to the page-file on 1950~ usage. I run at this level and higher while benching max settings @ 5760*1080 continuously and suffer no page-file streaming slowdowns
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Million discussions on this.
Basically, even 2GB cards have some form of caching going on as excess VRAM is available. 3GB will cache even more as more is available. It doesn't mean it will go to page-file.
I alt tab loads as well and I never have even come close to exceeding 2GB on full Ultra 1080p.
2GB is way more than enough for 1080p. Arguably 1.5GB is OK as well if you disable Aero.
It also won't go to the page-file on 1950~ usage. I run at this level and higher while benching max settings @ 5760*1080 continuously and suffer no page-file streaming slowdowns
Screenshots please with settings, this is not a discussion thread.
Read the first post ladies.
It turns into a discussion thread with comments like:
Which are frankly completely factually incorrect. (as confirmed by everyone above)
Which are frankly completely factually incorrect. (as confirmed by everyone above
)I alt tab during gaming for a whole host of reasons. Nothing to do with messing about.
Messing about or not, if that causes performance issues then you stop doing it or live with it.
As the thread I linked was for something similar I thought you might have a passing interest.
It turns into a discussion thread with comments like:
Which are frankly completely factually incorrect. (as confirmed by everyone above
I presume it was eating into the page file after a while because if i disabled it, after a few rounds played and some alt tabbing i would get a crash with an out of video memory error.
Disabling aero would help, as would closing battlelog down as they were all using up vram taking me close to the 2gb limit.
That's not a problem any more though with the extra vram my card has.
I don't believe any of what i said to be factually incorrect in my case.
It doesn't effect my performance, simply adds some more vram usage. I have to control rcon and server tools so alt tabbing is a frequent occurrence for me.
Thanks for the link, lots of arguing and debate in that thread which is what im trying to avoid here. Just want screenshots and settings for comparison.
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Just wait until Gregster sees this thread and that comment Matt
I'm not saying this applies to everyone but in my case its what i found. I don't see what the problem is.
Its a fairly common problem if you disable the page file while playing battlefield 3 and ride close to or beyond your cards vram limit you will get an out of video memory error.
Please, i don't want this turning into a debate. I'm not interested, screenshots and settings only.
Your comments aren't factually correct because you've applied a generalisation which doesn't hold true.
In fact if you want to apply an extreme at 5760*1080 full Ultra I still don't page file stream or crash so I'm not sure why yours was crashing. Perhaps a problem your end which the extra VRAM is masking.
A 680 user with the same problem, he was seeing around 1.6 video ram usage in the game alone, not including windows/aero/battlelog usage.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=367517
Was using a disabled page file/small size. Out of video memory error, same as me. Fixed by using a windows managed page file.
In my instance, it was correct. I don't see how you can prove otherwise as you weren't using the pc.
I've removed the 'factually incorrect' comment so can we please drop this now.
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That's unrelated to your issue though. (read through the whole thread)
Anyway it doesn't matter - there aren't any page file related slow downs with 2GB at 1080p. You'd get single digit minimums if so... The 4 way SLI video illustrated this well.
I'm not the first and I won't be the last to pick up on that in your OP.
Yes - I will provide screens later.
Anyway it doesn't matter - there aren't any page file related slow downs with 2GB at 1080p. You'd get single digit minimums if so... The 4 way SLI video illustrated this well.
I'm not the first and I won't be the last to pick up on that in your OP.
Yes - I will provide screens later
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Its the same issue i had, running out of video memory. (at least according to the what the error says)
If the error is wrong and it means something else then so be it, im just going on what the actual error says.
I found the thread i started on this problem ages ago.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18353136
If you google battlefield 3 out of video memory pagefile you will find its a common problem, or it was.
If the error is wrong and it means something else then so be it, im just going on what the actual error says.
I found the thread i started on this problem ages ago.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18353136
If you google battlefield 3 out of video memory pagefile you will find its a common problem, or it was.
1.56Gb is not enough for 1920x1080 anymore. I'm constantly coming to a VRAM bottleneck, especially with BF3, Max Payne 3 and Sleeping Dogs. No AA makes me sad.
It's ok with games like CS:GO but big open games with long draw distance and new games it just fails.