Graphics Best way to measure VRAM utilisation?

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  1. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    I am thinking of moving up in the monitor world, from a 1680x1050 to 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 (or maybe higher...) and I want to know what my current VRAM utilisation is.

    Is there a utility that could record this?

    Specs in sig (gaming rig).
     
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  2. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Doesn't Afterburner do this???
     
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  3. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    No idea, never used it. Does it?

    (...goes off to do his homework like he should of instead of being lazy...)
     
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  4. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Just checked on mine and it doesn't...
     
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  5. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    No, can't find anything on the MSI site about it either.

    Googles searches all seem to refer to old software circa 2008, is there anything newer (and that supports 64bit O/S's)?

    One of the reason's I ask is that I found this: http://www.overclock.net/10057086-post2.html.

    I am not confident that my current setup (768mb GTX 460's in SLI) will cope with either BF3 or a larger monitor.
     
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  6. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    I think True_gamer, or someone, mentioned something about VRAM usage in a thread...
     
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  7. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    Do you know how many posts/threads he has made?

    It'll be like looking for a needle in a haystack...

    Sigh - advanced search here I come.
     
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  8. Bloody_Pete

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    Found something, for nvidia cards GPU-Z lists it apparently :)
     
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  9. Bloody_Pete

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    Rivatuner also does it apparently... You didn't look very hard :p
     
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    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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  11. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Nope, but I run a 5870 though...
     
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  12. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    Gawd I am stoopid, I just scrolled down in Afterburner and both GPU memory usage graphs are already there...

    Ignore this thread completely, I'm being a moron...
     
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    +1 :p_ :thumb:
     
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  14. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    Oh you guys mean this?
    [​IMG]
    :D
     
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  15. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    I'm in trouble if I upgrade the monitor, 640mb VRAM usage with my current BC2 settings @ 1680x1050 - with vsync on as well.

    Looks like it will be both a screen upgrade and a GPU upgrade.

    I'm tempted by a brand new U2410 for £299 - a reputable seller on the evil bay. The problem is that I would probably need a GTX 580 to max out BF3 when it arrives.
     
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  16. Fingers66

    Fingers66 Kiwi in London

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    No, not the temperature, the VRAM utilisation in MB during gaming.
     
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    What res is it?
     
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  18. bdigital

    bdigital Is re-building his PC again

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    I was kind of hoping that a 480 or 570 would manage BF3 at 1900x1080
     
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    My 5870 handles it...
     
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  20. thetrashcanman

    thetrashcanman Angel headed hipsters

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    u2410 is 1920 x 1200 :)

    @ finger's - I don't know how gpu heavy BF3 will be when it comes out (not my sort of game so I don't keep track) but I know those games seem to play well on nvidia card's, so I would suspect you'd be alright with a gtx 570 at that res, anything higher and a gtx 580 would definitely be called for.
     
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