VRAM Useage tests

[Rastalovich]

(NO GUESSING OR "I THINK!" POSTS PLEASE)

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GameName, Settings, Resolution, Graphic Card, vRam used

(Screenshots are optional, please keep them sensibly size - but readable)

(MSI Afterburner is a good way of showing graphic MEM used whilst playing)

The Story So Far ...... <1G 1G<>1.5G 1.5G<>2G 2G<>3G+

APB: Reloaded (Unreal Engine), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 956MB+

Alan Wake (Havok Vision Engine), Maxed - 16xAF & 8xAA, 1920x1080, (EAH6850 1G), 773MB+

Aliens VS Predator (Asura), Very High - 16xAF, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1604MB+

ARMA 2 (Real Virtuality 3), Very High/Max, 1920x1080, (GTX570 1.28G), 999MB+

Assassins Creed: Revelations (Anvil), High - 8xMS, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 700MB+

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Frostbite 1.5), Maximum settings, 1920x1080, (GTX580 3GB), 890MB+

Battlefield Bad Company 2 (Frostbite 1.5), Maximum settings, 1920x1080, (GTX680 2GB), 894MB+

Battlefield 3 (Frostbite 2)

Ultra preset, 1920x1080, (GTX580 3G), 2337MB+

High settings/Maxed - 16xAF no AA, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 924MB+

High settings - 4xAF Med-AA, 1920x1080, (GTX560 1G), 627MB+

High preset, 1920x1080, (GTX580 3GB), 1300MB+

Ultra preset - 2xAA, 1920x1080, (GTX570 1.28GB), 1400MB+

Ultra preset, 1920x1080, (GTX580 3G), 1612MB+

Ultra preset - 4xMSAA 16xAF, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1603MB+

Highest Possible, 1920x1080, (GTX680 2G), 1509MB+

Max Settings, 1920x1200, (GTX580 1.5G), 1447MB+

Settings all on low or off, 5760x1080, (SLI GTX460 1GB), 953MB+

Ultra - 16xAF, 2560x1600, (SLI GTX480 1.5G), 1369MB+

Ultra - 16xAF, 8120x1600, (SLI GTX480 1.5G), 1531MB+

Max Settings, 5760x1080, (GTX 680 4G), 2493MB+

CoD 1 (Quake III Arena Engine), Highest settings, 1280x1024 (Max res.), (GTX580 3GB), 325MB+

CoD4: MW (IW 3.0), Highest possible,1920x1080, (GTX680 2GB), 692MB+

CoD: W@W (IW 3.0 Modified), Highest possible,1920x1080, (GTX580 3GB), 890MB+

CoD: W@W (IW 3.0 Modified), Highest possible,1920x1080, (GTX680 2GB), 586MB+

CoD: BO (IW 3.0 Modified), Highest possible,1920x1080, (GTX680 2GB), 1019MB+

CoD: MW3 (MW3 Engine/IW 5.0), Maxed - AA & AF, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 574MB+

CoD: MW3 (MW3 Engine/IW 5.0), All Maxed, 1920x1080, (GTX680 2G), 1094MB+

CoD: MW3 (MW3 Engine/IW 5.0), Maxed - 4xAA, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 963MB+

Civilisation V (2k Games), High Settings - 8xMSAA, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 2180MB+

Combat Mission: Shock Force (CMX2), Best Settings, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 560MB+

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Source), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 905MB+

Crysis Warhead (CryENGINE 2 Enhanced), Entusiast Settings - 8xAA, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1565MB+

Crysis Warhead (CryENGINE 2 Enhanced), Highest Possible, 1920x1080, (GTX680 2G), 1611MB+

Crysis 2 (CryENGINE 3)

Ultra settings - Hires textures - Dx9, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 977MB+

Ultra settings - Dx11, 1920x1080, (GTX560 1G), 986MB+

Ultra settings - Dx9, 1920x1080, (GTX560 1G), 995MB+

Ultra settings - Hires textures - Dx11 (shaders High), 1920x1080, (GTX560ti 1.28G), 1001MB+

Maxed - Hires textures - Dx11, 1920x1080, (GTX680 2G), 1973MB+

Ultra settings - Dx11, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 741MB+

Deep Black (biEngine), Highest Settings, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 320MB+

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Unreal Engine 3), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 467MB+

Dirt 3 (EGO Engine 2.0), Maxed - 8xMSA - Dx11, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 937MB+

Far Cry 2 (Dunia Engine), Ultra/Very High Settings - Dx10 - 8xAA, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1011MB+

Geometry Wars(), AA Enabled, 1024x768, (7900GS 0.25G), 77MB+

Gotham City Impostors (Lithtech Jupiter EX), Max - 4xFSAA 16xA, 1920x1080, (GTX 570 1.28G), 744MB+

GTA4: Gay Tony Exp (RAGE/Euphoria/Bullet), Very/High settings - 16xAF, 1920x1080 (GTX580 1.5G), 1401MB+

Half Life 2 (Source), All Maxed, 1920x1080, (GTX560ti 1.28G), 378MB+

Hard Reset (Road Hog Engine), All Maxed, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 779MB+

Killing Floor (Unreal Engine 2), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 715MB+

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Big Huge Engine), All Max, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 326MB+

L.A. Noire (RAGE), Highest values, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 558MB+

Mass Effect 3 (Unreal Engine 3), All Max, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 397MB+

Mass Effect 3 (Unreal Engine 3), All Max, 1920x1080, (GTX560ti 1.28G), 464MB+

Metro 2033 (4A Engine), All Max Dx11/PhysX (MSAA failed), 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 1234MB+

Mirrors Edge (Unreal Engine 3), Highest settings - 16xQAA & PhysX, (GTX570 1.28G), 800MB+

Need For Speed: The Run (Frostbite 2.0), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1035MB+

Painkiller Recurring Evil (PainEngine/Havok), Highest Settings, 1024x768, (GTX480 1.5G), 443MB+

Race Driver: GRID (EGO), Lowest Detail - 4xMSAA, 1024x768, (7900GS 0.25G), 256MB+

Rage (iD Tech 5 Engine), 8xAA, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 822MB+

Rage (iD Tech 5 Engine), All Maxed, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 1242MB+

Red Orchestra 2 (Unreal Engine 3), Ultra Maxed, (HD7970 3G), 950MB+

Ridge Racer Unbounded (In-House), Highest Settings, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 439MB+

Saints Row: The Third (), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 915MB+

Starcraft 2 (In-House/Havok), Ultra Preset, 1920x1080, (GTX580 1.5G), 1119MB+

Team Fortress 2 (GoldSource Engine), High settings, 1920x1080, (GTX580 3GB), 945MB+

Team Fortress 2 (GoldSource Engine), Very/High - 16xQ CSAA 16xAF, 8120x1600, (SLI GTX480 1.5GB), 1518MB+

Terraria (Terraria Engine), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 240MB+

Test Drive Unlimited 2 (In-House/Havok), Ultra Settings, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 978MB+

The Elder Scrolls | Skyrim (Creation Engine), Ultra preset, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 741MB+

The Elder Scrolls | Skyrim (Creation Engine), Ultra preset - no AA, 1920x1080, (HD6850 1G), 994MB+

The Elder Scrolls | Skyrim (Creation Engine), Ultra preset + MODS, 1920x1080, (SLI GTX580 3G), 2200MB+

Total War: Medieval 2 (TW Engine 2006), All Max, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 684MB+

Total War: Napolean (TW Engine 2010), All Max, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1663MB+

Total War: Shogun 2 (TW Engine 2011), All Maxed, 1920x1080, (HD7970 3G), 1273MB+

Total War: Shogun 2 (TW Engine 2011), All Maxed, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 947MB+

Tournament 2004 (Unreal Engine 2.5), Insane Settings, 1680x1050, (GTX560ti 1.28G), 196MB+

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (RED Engine), Ultra preset, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 856MB+

World of Warcraft (Warcraft III+), All Maxed, 1920x1200, (GTX480 1.5G), 761MB+

**we have to say "+" or really should say "++" cos you can only say minimum values for sure.

 

[ThatBattlefieldGuy]

Ill try it tomorrow afternoon. Would you like only maximum men usage? If you look at the bf3 clan you'll see some pics of bf3 that might surprise you. Ill look now for a link to the picture.

In know this is an anomaly but just as well.

battlefield 3, ultra preset, 1080P,2337MB, Msi gtx 580 Lightning Extreme.

Ill get some more normal results tomorrow.

 

[Rastalovich]

That is a heck of alot for a 1920x1080 resolution. But I have seen some anomalies, possibly from the games not being run from a clean boot - I don't know. Seen some crazy stories of over 1g for desktop-esq games.

Be interesting to see the OSD from clean boot desktop and then ingame.

BF3 is meant to be a monster tho. Nice to see some other games reported.

 

[ThatBattlefieldGuy]

That was a one time event though. Ill record some results tomorrow for you.

 

[Rastalovich]

Welcome the input, want to find a reference point for types of games and vram use. Engines too maybe.

I've got matey's computer in the lab, and there are limited games on there atm, but we'll take a look anyways. It's a nicely oc'd 2600k(4.5)/8G(~2000/CL9)/GTX480-1.5G(785/1950)/2xSSD and tuned Win7x64. All stress tested. Resolutions are going to be 1920x1200x32 and highest settings possible, the GfxCard drivers are set to use Quality over Performance, I'll note where reductions are made or can't be selected. Generally Vsync is on.

As a base from desktop, it's good to recognize only 91mb of vram is used, and when you return to desktop from a game (or atleast the ones here) it returns to 91mb.

First off Medieval 2 Total War (Shader model 2 is the era we're looking at with this game) :

I tried to get this as busy a screen as I could off a saved game that's 170 turns in. All the effects are on and the unit sizes are decent, selected all units and attacked. 684mb in use.

Next is Mass Effect 3 :

Not great to judge from the opening of a game, but here it shows 397mb. Chances are this is a smaller sandbox (I don't know I don't play it).

Reckoning is next :

I have played this myself. Everything is set to max and the sandbox is huge outside. It's a game that was going to be an mmo, then went just rpg. Very WoW-esq in terms of use I would *think*. 326mb.

Last from last-night is Metro 2033 (this is where I figured the fan would be covered in brown stuff) :

I don't play this either, and again you can't set in stone an opinion from what I'd suggest is a limited opening scene sandbox (I don't know), but all the effects are on and maxed, PhysX and Dx11, BUT MSAA selection would fail - and I'm guessing by looking at the 1234mb, that it's cos there isn't enough vram. (far be it for the programmers of the game to recognise this and prevent the selection - no, they'd rather you crash your game and hunt the 'net looking for a solution to get started again)

The Elder Scrolls | Skyrim:

Ultra preset, 741mb.

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings:

Ultra preset, 856mb.

L.A. Noire:

Quality settings, highest values for the rest, 558mb.

EDIT: Note to Jim, Full Editor works well on Lion/Safari. infact everything looks good.

EDIT: Not uploading screens any longer, just going to note figures. Want to test WoW on the weekend if I can.

 

[Rastalovich]

** Editing just the OP now.

 

[Rastalovich]

I'd really appreciate anyone/everyone do the info for any of the games they're currently playing. The more the better, and duplications would be excellent - especially different resolutions.

Don't worry about the game engine details if you don't know them, just the game name is fantastic.

(I'm grossly overdosing on the new Like buttons for everyone who contributes and posts info with screenshots - Squish-em)

 

[SieB]

I'll do Mass Effect 3, Crysis, Crysis 2, BF3 and MW3 1920x1080 on my 1GB 6850 tomorrow if I get the chance.

 

[killablade]

I would definitely help out if I could fella. Thing is, I don't have a proper PC at the moment. However, I plan on buying a new rig in about a month or so, featuring an i7-3770k (unless it's overpriced) and a mid/high-end GTX6xx/HD7xxx graphics card. If I come across this thread again after I've built the new rig, I will contribute however much I can.

 

[Perturabo]

This is a really interesting thread. Would contribute if I wasn't rocking a 9800 gtx at the mo

 

[SieB]

Right, I did Crysis 2, MW3 and BF3. For some reason Afterburner didn't work on the original Crysis or Mass Effect 3.

All done on an Asus DC EAH6850 1GB, during game play I have never seen the full 1GB used, very close but never the full 1GB.

Crysis 2: 1920x1080 ultra settings with high res textures DX9 (DX11 kills my GPU

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BF3: 1920x1080 DX11 high settings everything maxed 16xAF but no AA

MW3: 1920x1080 everything maxed AA & AF etc

EDIT: Updated with Alan Wake and Dirt 3, still not seen it use the full 1GB used 995MB is the highest I have seen, so thats 33MB still left unused

Alan Wake: 1920x1080 Max settings 8xAA and 16xAF

Dirt 3: 1920x1080 everything maxed DX11 8xMSA

 

[FTLN]

These are the setting's I use to get a pretty much constant 60fps in Battlefield 3 with vsync adaptive enabled on my 560 1gb 336 shader non ti and i7 920 at 4.5ghz and resolution of 1920x1080

 

[FTLN]

Why dont images expand when clicking on them ????????????????

 

[SieB]

Why dont images expand when clicking on them ????????????????

They are expanding for me but they open in a popup window. I resized mine though so they are don't expand full screen, yours do though, for me anyway.

 

[FTLN]

Crysis 2 Direct X 11 - Ultra GTX 560 1gb 336 shader non ti and i7 920 at 4.5ghz and resolution of 1920x1080

 

[FTLN]

Crysis 2 Direct X 9 - Ultra GTX 560 336 1gb shader non ti and i7 920 at 4.5ghz and resolution of 1920x1080

 

[Rastalovich]

Massive respect for the time taken so far guys. Right now I have to wait to get to my Mac to do editing as using IE at work just doesn't work with the forum editor. I'll next get to update Sunday I imagine.

Try to get some more of my own subs in too.

 

[ThatBattlefieldGuy]

Call of Duty: World At War; Highest Possible,1080p, 580 3GB ~890MB

Team Fortress 2; High, 1080p. 580 3GB 945MB

Battlefield 3 ; HIGH Preset,1080p, 580 3GB ~1300MB

Battlefield Bad Company 2; Maximum Settings, 1080p, 580 3GB 890MB

 

[ThatBattlefieldGuy]

For dah LOLZ

Call of Duty 1(yeah the first one)Highest Settings, 1280x1024 (Max res.) 580 3GB.~325MB

 

[Rastalovich]

Good stuff, I'm all for older and new games

Some older games are better than new ones !!

Anyone posting/reading who's playing WoW would be great.