GPU showing 62mb usage while gaming?

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

After exiting out of UT3, i usually go into MSI Afterburner and turn down the fan, and i'll just brief over the GPU stats to see what's what. I don't know why but my GPU consistently uses a very minimal amount of VRAM.. this can't be right.. lastest drivers n everything.. i did turn my pagefile off, btw *wonder if that has anything to do with it*

 

[ShintaiDK]

Windows UI uses memory.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Yeah, Zucchini, you were wrong. The CD is completely free
The other offer was for a free movie ticket through moviefone when you bought a movie ticket.

This.
Edit. Wtf tapatalk?


Edit. What it was suppose to quote was that windows UI uses memory as well

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

why doesn't the GPU use it's memory for the game?

 

[Jaydip]

If it didn't the game wouldn't run

 

[T_Yamamoto]

If it didn't the game wouldn't run

This...

 

[Magic Carpet]

Aero enabled?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Assuming the fan on your GPU is temperature controlled, you probably shouldn't manually turn the fan down - let it spin down on its own as the GPU cools off.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Assuming the fan on your GPU is temperature controlled, you probably shouldn't manually turn the fan down - let it spin down on its own as the GPU cools off.

I got that under control, bud. thanks though

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Aero enabled?

No.

 

[Soulkeeper]

The vid card's frame buffer is for storing things as needed for games (mainly textures) it has nothing to do with your windows swap file ....
Memory usage in games is typically much lower than you'd think.
Don't confuse this with system memory.
Unless you are using massive resolutions and maps with lotsa large textures, or running gpgpu stuff.
62MB is not a surprising number.

 

[chimaxi83]

The vid card's frame buffer is for storing things as needed for games (mainly textures) it has nothing to do with your windows swap file ....
Memory usage in games is typically much lower than you'd think.
Don't confuse this with system memory.
Unless you are using massive resolutions and maps with lotsa large textures, or running gpgpu stuff.
62MB is not a surprising number.

Yea, not surprising for that game. Aero uses more than that lol