BF3 using over 2GB VRAM. Problem?

I checked last night and it was using around 2100-2270mb of ram. I only have 1GBx2, and I couldn't lower it even with low settings or 720p resolution. Does this create certain issues?

Turn down the textures to high and your Vram usage will drop. If you saturate your video memory , the game start caching off the harddrive which will cause studdering.04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Turn down the textures to high and your Vram usage will drop. If you saturate your video memory , the game start caching off the harddrive which will cause studdering.trastamad03

If you're not experiencing stuttering, don't worry about it. I've found that some VRAM usage monitors aren't completely accurate. Not to mention that I've had games where the VRAM usage was supposedly significantly higher than my video card's RAM, and it ran smoothly. This is going back a ways, but Doom 3 and Quake 4 were like that. They claimed that they could use up to 500mb of texture memory on ultra detail settings, and VRAM monitoring would confirm that. However, the game ran completely smoothly on a 7800gt with 256mb of VRAM.

In short, if it's running smoothly, enjoy it!

I checked last night and it was using around 2100-2270mb of ram. I only have 1GBx2, and I couldn't lower it even with low settings or 720p resolution. Does this create certain issues?

DevilMightCry

yeah i dont get the concern i would be very happy if my system was utalizing all its resources to allow me to run a game at max settings...

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I checked last night and it was using around 2100-2270mb of ram. I only have 1GBx2, and I couldn't lower it even with low settings or 720p resolution. Does this create certain issues?

Obiwan_1O

yeah i dont get the concern i would be very happy if my system was utalizing all its resources to allow me to run a game at max settings...

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[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]

I checked last night and it was using around 2100-2270mb of ram. I only have 1GBx2, and I couldn't lower it even with low settings or 720p resolution. Does this create certain issues?

DevilMightCry

yeah i dont get the concern i would be very happy if my system was utalizing all its resources to allow me to run a game at max settings...

Its probably a glitch like GTA4 where if you have SLI/Crossfire, it adds your VRAM.

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"][QUOTE="Obiwan_1O"]

yeah i dont get the concern i would be very happy if my system was utalizing all its resources to allow me to run a game at max settings...

GTR12

Its probably a glitch like GTA4 where if you have SLI/Crossfire, it adds your VRAM.

Your videocard can dip into system memory too if it has to and there is some free to use.

Your videocard can dip into system memory too if it has to and there is some free to use.

topgunmv

I've seen those crazy memory usages you are referencing, however I only get that high because of 4xMSAA...when that is off, I see the usage as closer to 1.5Gb or so. @1080, anyways. I've a 7970, fyi.demi0227_basic

I thought crossfire and SLI didn't increase vram...

I thought crossfire and SLI didn't increase vram...

kraken2109

It doesn't. That doesn't mean that certain programs don't think that it does.

It maxes out the vram on my 580, but I don't get any stuttering at Ultra with 4xMSAA. Maybe it has something to do with vram bandwith. Oh, and stuttering is a known phenomenon on CFX/SLi systems, even on high FPS.

i dont have a single problem in bf3 with my radeon 6950 2 Gb. I don't need to water a single thing down.

i dont have a single problem in bf3 with my radeon 6950 2 Gb. I don't need to water a single thing down.

blaznwiipspman1

What res are you playing at?red12355

Turn down the textures to high and your Vram usage will drop. If you saturate your video memory , the game start caching off the harddrive which will cause studdering.04dcarraher

Upgrading from 4GB to 8GB of RAM solved the stuttering for me, I may get a very slight hitch when the game first loads, but after that it runs smooth as butter. Before I was getting horrendous pauses which would sometimes last over a second. Chris_53

[QUOTE="Chris_53"]Upgrading from 4GB to 8GB of RAM solved the stuttering for me, I may get a very slight hitch when the game first loads, but after that it runs smooth as butter. Before I was getting horrendous pauses which would sometimes last over a second. Elann2008