Fish Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Have a G1 reverb, 8700k@4.9 and 2080ti with 11gb ram. Recently noticed my GPU ram is almost fully used on some maps, and maxed out on others. game settings are below. What are the effects on game performance when vram is maxed?. Is vram an issue with the higher resolution headsets? Edited January 16, 2022 by Fish Fish's Flight Sim Videos [sIGPIC]I13700k, RTX4090, 64gb ram @ 3600, superUltraWide 5120x1440, 2560x1440, 1920x1080, Warthog, Tusba TQS, Reverb VR1000, Pico 4, Wifi6 router, 360/36 internet[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 It is only a problem if you really don't have enough VRAM. 11GB is plenty DCS often takes only 11 out of 16GB for me but e.g. Syria and Tomcat can take more. Nevada: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svsmokey Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I saw 13 out of my 16gig vram in use today over the Caucasus . 9700k @ stock , Aorus Pro Z390 wifi , 32gb 3200 mhz CL16 , 1tb EVO 970 , MSI RX 6800XT Gaming X TRIO , Seasonic Prime 850w Gold , Coolermaster H500m , Noctua NH-D15S , CH Pro throttle and T50CM2/WarBrD base on Foxxmounts , CH pedals , Reverb G2v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightyDuce Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 What you're seeing isn't necessarily VRAM being used, rather it is what has been allocated. Basically put, you're fine with 11GB. 3 Windows 11 | ASUS B650E-F STRIX | AMD 7800X3D | G.Skill 64Gb DDR5 6200 30-36-36-48 w/ tuned secondary/tertiary | RTX 4090 undervolted curve | MSI MPG A1000G PSU | VKB MCG Gunfighter Ultimate + Rudder Pedals + WH Throttle | HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C3PO Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, EightyDuce said: What you're seeing isn't necessarily VRAM being used, rather it is what has been allocated. Basically put, you're fine with 11GB. This Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 32GB DDR 4 3200 RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E (when it lands) / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 250GB SSD drive 500MBps 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just an observation that I noted the other day which relates to this... I have a 3090 and my friend has a 3080ti and we always get about the same performance for our settings(almost identical). We were in multiplayer in Nevada where I had put one of every aircraft and helo in DCS on the Las Vegas International airport. My VRAM immediately maxed out for the first time ever in DCS. I was getting 20-30 FPS with pretty high settings and 80% SS with plenty of stuttering, but playable barely. My friend was getting single digit FPS and it was not playable at all. That's the first time we ever had a difference between our card's performance in DCS and it seemed to involve the amount of VRAM we had. I intend to do more testing to see what aircraft combos/counts bring up the VRAM, but it seems to be a thing in certain extreme cases for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_sukebe Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 8 hours ago, EightyDuce said: What you're seeing isn't necessarily VRAM being used, rather it is what has been allocated. Basically put, you're fine with 11GB. Unfortunately we simply don’t know how much VRAM is actually being used, only that it’s being reserved. One point of you play is VR is to disable the “home” that you are presented with on first firing up your headset. It can be done in Steam/Oculus settings. Those “homes” use a good 2GB of space and are reducing the amount available for DCS to play with System: 9700, 64GB DDR4, 2070S, NVME2, Rift S, Jetseat, Thrustmaster F18 grip, VPC T50 stick base and throttle, CH Throttle, MFG crosswinds, custom button box, Logitech G502 and Marble mouse. Server: i5 2500@3.9Ghz, 1080, 24GB DDR3, SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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