RTW2 vram shocker

Kaapstad · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:11

Settings maxed @1600p

Just played a historical battle on my Titans and measured the vram usage.

It was 3.2gb ouch.

This could be why people are reporting graphics problems with RTW2.

VincentHanna · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:12

And people said 2GB was enough for 1080p....

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:13

I'm downloading this game now, preloading doesn't let you choose which drive to put it on

What kind of framerate were you getting btw?

Suarez7 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:18

VincentHanna said:
And people said 2GB was enough for 1080p....

Can you not read?

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:20

Suarez7 said:
Can you not read?

Obviously not

I think he's getting 2560x1600 confused with 1920x1080.

I'm also going on a limb and saying with 6GB worth of VRAM 3.2GB isn't what's required just what's being used

Kaapstad · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:33

Tonester0011 said:
I'm downloading this game now, preloading doesn't let you choose which drive to put it on

What kind of framerate were you getting btw?

SLI does not seem to scale very well either so I was probably using one and a bit cards. I did not measure FPS but they seemed fine on the Titans with no drops.

I have to go to work in a minute but will have another look at this in the morning. I also want to measure vram usage @1080p unless someone else beats me to it.

RetrogamerX · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:40

Kaapstad said:
I also want to measure vram usage @1080p unless someone else beats me to it.

I would like to know this as well.

Orangey · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:43

Creative Assembly suck at programming, most likely the game is managing the VRAM in a hamfisted way.

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:44

Kaapstad said:
SLI does not seem to scale very well either so I was probably using one and a bit cards. I did not measure FPS but they seemed fine on the Titans with no drops.

I have to go to work in a minute but will have another look at this in the morning. I also want to measure vram usage @1080p unless someone else beats me to it.

Mine will be downloaded in about an hour, i can test 1080 and 1440 and i have both screens to hand atm, also got a 2GB and 4GB card on my bench.

Kaapstad · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:49

Tonester0011 said:
Mine will be downloaded in about an hour, i can test 1080 and 1440 and i have both screens to hand atm, also got a 2GB and 4GB card on my bench.

Just tried it quick on my GTX 690s @1080p maxed including the option to use unlimited vram.

Battle of Raphia

It ran fine but the game used the full amount of vram on the cards (2gb).

Suarez7 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:50

Kaapstad said:
Just tried it quick on my GTX 690s @1080p maxed including the option to use unlimited vram.

Battle of Raphia

It ran fine but the game used the full amount of vram on the cards (2gb).

Then it's not truly using all the VRAM then. If it was actually maxing out the game would crawl to a halt.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:52

Got my 7970 with my 1080p 120HZ screen, INSTALLING NOW!

Tonester0011 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:53

Kaapstad said:
Just tried it quick on my GTX 690s @1080p maxed including the option to use unlimited vram.

Battle of Raphia

It ran fine but the game used the full amount of vram on the cards (2gb).

Then we can all stand by our original statements that 2Gb is fine for 1080

If you were hitting a VRAM wall you would know, certainly wouldn't be playable.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:55

WHY ARE DVD DRIVES SO FREAKING SLOW.

Kaapstad · 3 Sep 2013 at 17:58

Suarez7 said:
Then it's not truly using all the VRAM then. If it was actually maxing out the game would crawl to a halt.

It is definitely unplayable @1600p with 2gb, all you get is a black and white slide show.

Even Crysis 3 maxed runs better at 1600p on a 2gb card.

Suarez7 · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:01

Kaapstad said:
It is definitely unplayable @1600p with 2gb, all you get is a black and white slide show.

Even Crysis 3 maxed runs better at 1600p on a 2gb card.

Not many modern games will run well at 1600p on a 2gb card.

LtMatt · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:05

Kaapstad said:
Settings maxed @1600p

Just played a historical battle on my Titans and measured the vram usage.

It was 3.2gb ouch.

This could be why people are reporting graphics problems with RTW2.

Lies 2gb is enough and will be forever. 2gb is even overkill for 4k.

Martini1991 · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:32

I was reporting 2.5gb on 1080p prologue.

whyscotty · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:33

LtMatt said:
Lies 2gb is enough and will be forever. 2gb is even overkill for 4k.

You would not let it lie

FoxEye · 3 Sep 2013 at 18:42

So how much VRAM is the 'sweet spot' for 1080p then?

/grabs popcorn