Program to view Ram.

[up2nogooduk]

Guys what program do i use to show how much ram the games are using whiles playing the game?

Cheers

 

[LegendaryDread]

Presumably you mean VRAM... I use GPU-Z.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

MSI Afterburner works too, but requires a hook into the process to provide the on-screen display.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Gpu-z

 

[Kelt]

Guys what program do i use to show how much ram the games are using whiles playing the game?

Cheers

Video or system ram?

 

[shawsy109]

Afterburner or GPU-Z for Vram, for system ram, task manager, and then performance tab i think?

 

[up2nogooduk]

Oh sorry, for video ram. you call it vram then? v for video .
I have GPU-Z. but how do i use it to show me how much ram i'm using?

Cheers

 

[LegendaryDread]

Under the "Sensors" tab in GPU-Z, there should be "Memory Used", like so:

 

[up2nogooduk]

Here is mine.. which do i look for.. there is 2 memory ?

Cheers

 

[up2nogooduk]

I Run bf3 @ 1920x1200.
Says the Memory Dedicated is uses 1927mg I have crossfire, which has 2Gb
I'm i running out of ram?

Cheers

 

[wazza300]

It doesn't matter how much graphic card memory you have with 2 or 3 cards in xfire,you can only use and access the amount on one single graphic card

 

[shawsy109]

I Run bf3 @ 1920x1200.
Says the Memory Dedicated is uses 1927mg I have crossfire, which has 2Gb
I'm i running out of ram?

Cheers

Thats memory usage of one card, if you click at the bottom were it says
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series

then choose the other card, it will show the memory usage of the other card also

 

[sketchytom]

It doesn't matter how much graphic card memory you have with 2 or 3 cards in xfire,you can only use and access the amount on one single graphic card

does that mean that on my llano system there is no point in me dedicating 2 gb to my intergrated graphics since i have a 2gb 6670?

i swear ive seen my graphics go usage go up to 2.6gb whilst playing battlefield 3

 

[up2nogooduk]

It doesn't matter how much graphic card memory you have with 2 or 3 cards in xfire,you can only use and access the amount on one single graphic card

Yes i know but does this mean i'm nearly running out of memory?
Hence a single 4G card will be better ?

Cheers

 

[up2nogooduk]

Thats memory usage of one card, if you click at the bottom were it says
AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series

then choose the other card, it will show the memory usage of the other card also

Oh ok..
But i thought it only uses 2G and note 4 in total, as you think you would get having 2 cards..
Is this on the edge then with bf3 ?

Cheers

 

[wazza300]

Setting aside pc memory might be different but 99% sure max gpu memory is limited to single card regardless of xfire

Looking at those gpuz screen's its using 300mbs of ram atm,doesn't it store the readings to text? That way you can see how much its used while gaming

 

[Orcvader]

Basically any data stored in one card will also be copied to the other cards in crossfire/SLi. So no need to look at the others...

does that mean that on my llano system there is no point in me dedicating 2 gb to my intergrated graphics since i have a 2gb 6670?

i swear ive seen my graphics go usage go up to 2.6gb whilst playing battlefield 3

It's crossfire but it's technically not true crossfire. Sort of like hybrid crossfire which AMD calls "Dual graphics". Not sure how the memory will work then... but probably best to set it to 2gb to match your 6670. There are some programs which adds all the memory together such as MSI afterburner, so you need to half this to get the true usage.



And don't just use BF3, it's one of the very few games that actually eats VRAM . Most other games won't reach the limit.

 

[up2nogooduk]

Setting aside pc memory might be different but 99% sure max gpu memory is limited to single card regardless of xfire

Looking at those gpuz screen's its using 300mbs of ram atm,doesn't it store the readings to text? That way you can see how much its used while gaming

So what am i looking at, the Dynamic and not the dedicated?

From what i read it's the Memory Usage (Dedicated) i just tried rfactor. and that only went to 1100. but bf3 near 2000. maybe thats why the game runs **** lol..
I read people say they run out of memory at higher res, mine seems to in bf3 @ 1920x1200 as i have everything maxed out.

Basically any data stored in one card will also be copied to the other cards in crossfire/SLi. So no need to look at the others...



It's crossfire but it's technically not true crossfire. Sort of like hybrid crossfire which AMD calls "Dual graphics". Not sure how the memory will work then... but probably best to set it to 2gb to match your 6670. There are some programs which adds all the memory together such as MSI afterburner, so you need to half this to get the true usage.



And don't just use BF3, it's one of the very few games that actually eats VRAM . Most other games won't reach the limit.

Not sure how to set it to 2gb to match my 6950's or add the memory together
First i've heard of that can tell me if u like
So for bf3, which i play most of. would a 4GB make it a lot smoother?

Cheers

 

[wazza300]

yes look at the dynamic,left click dynamic and dedicated tick the show maximum for both,then tick the log file and play bf3,it will then show you the max amount of dynamic vram used in gpu-z and the text log file

keep gpu-z running while you play bf3

 

[up2nogooduk]

Right i did that.

Memory Usage (Dedicated) [MB] highest 2440
Memory Usage (Dynamic) [MB] 263

Surley BF3 isn't only using 263mb? out of 2GB
I'm confussed now, as i hear others say theres using 1.5gb etc IN BF3.
The game must not like crossfire!
Can someone explain this plz

Cheers

 

[sketchytom]

at the risk of sounding very stupid could some one explain dynamic memory and dedicated memory in a multi gpu set up

would dynamic memory be what the main card robs from the second card?