H himmatsj Reputable Feb 23, 2014 162 0 4,690 Mar 3, 2014 #1 If I have a 1GB card, which setting should I be vary of the most, in terms of hogging vram? Generally, is this the texture quality, texture models, ambient occlusion, anti-aliasing....or something else? TQ
If I have a 1GB card, which setting should I be vary of the most, in terms of hogging vram? Generally, is this the texture quality, texture models, ambient occlusion, anti-aliasing....or something else? TQ
S Shantanu Ghose Honorable Mar 17, 2013 990 0 11,060 Mar 3, 2014 #2 anti-aliasing puts quite a burden on the GPU,,,set it at 4xMSAA and you will get better framerates Upvote 0 Downvote
gamerk316 Glorious Jul 8, 2008 13,234 130 44,840 Mar 3, 2014 #3 AA can eat RAM, but Textures eat a lot as well. Those are the two settings that will likely eat the most RAM on a GPU. Upvote 0 Downvote
AA can eat RAM, but Textures eat a lot as well. Those are the two settings that will likely eat the most RAM on a GPU.
S Shantanu Ghose Honorable Mar 17, 2013 990 0 11,060 Mar 3, 2014 #4 gamerk316 : AA can eat RAM, but Textures eat a lot as well. Those are the two settings that will likely eat the most RAM on a GPU. this,AA doesn't make that much a difference,,so you don't need to set it to 16xMSAA or something,,,just 4xMSAA will be fine Upvote 0 Downvote
gamerk316 : AA can eat RAM, but Textures eat a lot as well. Those are the two settings that will likely eat the most RAM on a GPU. this,AA doesn't make that much a difference,,so you don't need to set it to 16xMSAA or something,,,just 4xMSAA will be fine
C Cons29 Splendid Feb 10, 2010 5,456 1 26,960 Mar 3, 2014 #5 aside from the answers above, you can see for yourself. get msi afterburner, hwinfo, set the osd to show gpu ram usage Upvote 0 Downvote
aside from the answers above, you can see for yourself. get msi afterburner, hwinfo, set the osd to show gpu ram usage