Shmex Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 As the title says, I'm wondering what kind of v(ideo)ram consumption Skyrim has with a load of textures mods and tweaks thrown in to the mix (ENBs included). I'm just about to build an entierly new system, and unfortunately, I've already placed an order and everything is ready to be picked up by tomorrow. The system: CPU: Intel i5 3570k CPU cooler: Cooler Master 212 Hyper Evo GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 680 2GB OC Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Ram: Corsair Vengeance 2x4gb 1600MHz Low-profile PSU: Corsair HX750 v2 +80 Gold Certified Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 Resolution: 1920x1200/1080 I'm a little wary that the 2gb memory on the GPU won't be enough for all the mods I'm planning on using. I always had a bit of a suspiscion that I was going to run out of vram though, and when I laid eyes upon this http://www.overclock.net/t/1272610/2gb-vram-with-heavily-modded-skyrim-has-anybody-had-issues, it pretty much felt like it was confirmed that Skyrim would require a bit more than 2gb vram. So my question to you is... How much vram does Skyrim consume for you, and are you experiencing stuttering, crashes or missing textures (or other visual signs that your vram is capped/not sufficient)? What kind of tweaks are you using? Should I return that GPU for a 4gb version just incase the shit hits the fan? General knowledge on the subject? Note: I'm most probably gonna pick up a Gigabyte GTX 670 4GB OC if I'm to get a new card as I got the 680 on a sale.
Pixie-K Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 I run Skyrim just great, and stutter-free on 512 mb of Vram Then again, I run it on minimum settings... ;_;
Rukaniz Posted March 2, 2013 Posted March 2, 2013 I am using a Amd 7950 with 3 GB Ram and till now i didn't have any Performance problems even with running a lot of Mods. In my opinion you should not have any Problems ,at the moment, with your GPU even if its only "2 GB ". But who knows hom much High Def Packs there will be in the future. (I am sorry for my bad english)
Rayblue Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 @Shmex: by the looks of the specs you have, I'd say it's still way better than what I'm using right now. Thus you can run a hundreds of mods and moderately-sized textures without a hiccup. Depends on how much available resources, but the more mods used, the larger amount of memory and processing needed. Skyrim Performance Monitor measures and graphs memory consumption while play-testing. Low-performance rigs could run a hundred mods, but must use textures with reduced size, a lower screen resolution, and configure ENB and the GPU for performance. Any rig with multiple cores, more than 4gb of memory and 1gb of VRAM on a high-performance motherboard will have a better framerate.
« Broken ‡ Mirror » Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 My specs: CPU: Intel i5 3570k OC'd to 4.5ghz CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 650Ti 2GB (Core +100Mhz on MSi Afterburner) Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 Ram: Mushkin 2x4 8GB RAM@1600Mhz PSU: Corsair HX850 Gold Certified Case: Cooler Master CM690 II Res: 1440x900 I'm running Skyrim on custom settings and 2k textures with a custom ENB. It goes between 50-100 fps depending on location. No crashes, stutters, or any other bugs
demongoat Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 i suggest everyone get http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/814 seriously, i think threading really improves the frame rate. my game would freeze for a few seconds while loading and now it doesn't.
« Broken ‡ Mirror » Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 i suggest everyone get http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/814 seriously, i think threading really improves the frame rate. my game would freeze for a few seconds while loading and now it doesn't. Been using it since first release. I love that thing <3
Amythiel Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 2GB vram is plenty enough. Most of us are still using 1GB cards.
pds123 Posted March 5, 2013 Posted March 5, 2013 I'll play devils advocate lol I'm running an i7 3930 with 16gig ram and a 680 4gb. My other pc is a i7 930 6gig ram and a 660 2gb. Both 1920x1080. I'm running texture pack combiner (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20801) and was getting lockups and ctd using the 660. On the 680 system using skyrim performance monitor (http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6491) I'm closer to 3gig vram usage. This was before I started running sweet fx and an enb.Everything seems solid at 60fps now on the new system but keep the gfx card recipt as you might want to swap it. As always ymmv but that's my 2 cents
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