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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Apar on July 24, 2006, 05:32:13 PM

Title: Video mem
Post by: Apar on July 24, 2006, 05:32:13 PM

Why does AH hardly use any of the vidcard memory and almost only system mem??

Title: Video mem
Post by: Skuzzy on July 24, 2006, 05:33:26 PM

It uses a ton of video memory.  The problem is the video card makers do not report the actual memory being used.

We have no actual control on how a video card uses memory.  That is up to the video card memory manager.  All we can do is ask the video card to make a texture/poly/vertex... available to be displayed.  Where the video card drivers place that information is up to them.

Title: Video mem
Post by: Apar on July 25, 2006, 10:05:58 AM

So the ingame system info on "used vidcard mem" is meaningless?

Title: Video mem
Post by: Skuzzy on July 25, 2006, 10:48:13 AM

For the most part, it is meaningless and will probably disappear one day.

Title: Video mem
Post by: Apar on July 25, 2006, 02:46:49 PM

Thx