Calling for contributions for VRAM usage in games.
In order to give those thinking about Multi-Monitor gaming an idea of what they can expect (or what hardware they might need to get the experience they desire when gaming) I am attempting to compile a spreadsheet containing what sort of FPS and VRAM usage you can expect to see in games across a variety of resolutions.
While you can get much information from reviews, this does not always reflect the wide variety of hardware, tweaks, programs and other miscellaneous goings-on within a normal gamers system. Furthermore, review sites that test in triplewide resolutions are still relatively few and far between - HardOCP has been doing so for some time, while some others finally seem to have realised that with both AMD and nVidia pushing "EyeFinity" or "Surround" as technologies, that they cannot ignore it any longer. The resolution world no longer ends for gamers at 2560x1600 - there are people out there gaming daily on 5x1 Portrait EyeFinity setups with over 10.3 million pixels, and triplescreeners gaming at 7680x1600 with nearly 12.3 million.
The objective of this project is to collate user experiences of Surround in term of FPS and VRAM usage with multi-monitor gaming, however, VRAM usage in single screen scenarios is still just as useful as most games do not scale linearly between VRAM usage and resolution. (i.e.: triple the pixels doesn't mean triple the VRAM usage).
To facilitate this, the following information is desired:
*Game
Patch Level
*Hardware GPU
Driver Version
*Hardware CPU @ clockspeed
*Resolution
*Anti-Aliasing Level
*Settings (synopsis if custom)
*FPS
*VRAM usage (measured with MSI Afterburner/EVGA Precision or similar)
*Indicates essential information.
It'll make my life easier if data is submitted as comma seperated values, so, for example:
Game, Patch Level, GPU, GPU driver, CPU, Resolution, Anti-Aliasing, Settings, FPS, VRAM Usage
Saints Row: The Third, 1.0.0.1, GTX680, 304.79, Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz, 5760x1200, 2xAA, Ultra (AA turned down from 8xAA), ~40fps, 1710MB
I look forward to data submissions, thanks in advance.
I will get the first spreadsheet uploaded ASAP. As we get more submissions, I hope to be able to graph them up for easier visualisation.
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In order to give those thinking about Multi-Monitor gaming an idea of what they can expect (or what hardware they might need to get the experience they desire when gaming) I am attempting to compile a spreadsheet containing what sort of FPS and VRAM usage you can expect to see in games across a variety of resolutions.
While you can get much information from reviews, this does not always reflect the wide variety of hardware, tweaks, programs and other miscellaneous goings-on within a normal gamers system. Furthermore, review sites that test in triplewide resolutions are still relatively few and far between - HardOCP has been doing so for some time, while some others finally seem to have realised that with both AMD and nVidia pushing "EyeFinity" or "Surround" as technologies, that they cannot ignore it any longer. The resolution world no longer ends for gamers at 2560x1600 - there are people out there gaming daily on 5x1 Portrait EyeFinity setups with over 10.3 million pixels, and triplescreeners gaming at 7680x1600 with nearly 12.3 million.
The objective of this project is to collate user experiences of Surround in term of FPS and VRAM usage with multi-monitor gaming, however, VRAM usage in single screen scenarios is still just as useful as most games do not scale linearly between VRAM usage and resolution. (i.e.: triple the pixels doesn't mean triple the VRAM usage).
To facilitate this, the following information is desired:
*Game
Patch Level
*Hardware GPU
Driver Version
*Hardware CPU @ clockspeed
*Resolution
*Anti-Aliasing Level
*Settings (synopsis if custom)
*FPS
*VRAM usage (measured with MSI Afterburner/EVGA Precision or similar)
*Indicates essential information.
It'll make my life easier if data is submitted as comma seperated values, so, for example:
Game, Patch Level, GPU, GPU driver, CPU, Resolution, Anti-Aliasing, Settings, FPS, VRAM Usage
Saints Row: The Third, 1.0.0.1, GTX680, 304.79, Core i7 920 @ 3.8GHz, 5760x1200, 2xAA, Ultra (AA turned down from 8xAA), ~40fps, 1710MB
I look forward to data submissions, thanks in advance.
I will get the first spreadsheet uploaded ASAP. As we get more submissions, I hope to be able to graph them up for easier visualisation..
If you wish to place a link to this thread in your signature so that others may see and contribute or gain from it, please feel free to create your own, or use the one below:
Code:
[url=http://www.overclock.net/t/1304693/charting-vram-usage-in-games]Charting VRAM Usage in Games[/url]
Aoi
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Midori
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| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 3570K | Asus P8Z77-M Pro | nVidia GTX680 | Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | OS |
| WD Velociraptor 600GB | Samsung DVD+RW | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | Ubuntu Server Customised |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Triple Dell U2412M | Sidewinder X6 | Corsair TX750 | Fractal Design R4 |
| Mouse | |||
| Logitech G700 | |||
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Aoi
(20 items) |
Midori
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 3570K | Asus P8Z77-M Pro | nVidia GTX680 | Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB |
| Hard Drive | Optical Drive | OS | OS |
| WD Velociraptor 600GB | Samsung DVD+RW | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | Ubuntu Server Customised |
| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Triple Dell U2412M | Sidewinder X6 | Corsair TX750 | Fractal Design R4 |
| Mouse | |||
| Logitech G700 | |||
| View all | |||
You can still contribute; if you run MSI Afterburner or similar, turn on logging or the OSD and manually jot down VRAM usage - doesn't matter what resolution - the more data we have, the better! 
when I get back later I'll have some numbers for you 
