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GTX 970 using all VRAM on little demanding games?

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I recently got myself a GTX 970 because it's a great card with cheap offerings and exclusive bundles from NVIDIA. However, when i use it for a simple games like Planetside 2, msi afterburner would tell me that I've used 3506 vram. I know the card only has 3.5gb of vram but on planetside 2 low settings. When i join a match, it automatically just crashes and when i look at msi afderbutner, it's a steady line on 3506gb of vram

 

My Pc build

CPU: I5 4690K

GPU: ASUS GTX 970 STRIX

RAM: HYPERX 8GB 1600mhz DDR3

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Please stop believing people when they say the card has 3.5GB of VRAM. It has 4GB - the last 512MB is crippled, but it is there.

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Planetside 2 isn't exactly a "simple" game. Less demanding than the witcher 3 sure but it's not a simple game. 3.5GB of vram sounds high though, probably a problem with the game itself. Got any other games to test with?

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Please stop believing people when they say the card has 3.5GB of VRAM. It has 4GB - the last 512MB is crippled, but it is there.

I know it has 4gb but only 3.5gb usable. Can you help me with my problem? I have no idea why it's doing that.

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Please stop believing people when they say the card has 3.5GB of VRAM. It has 4GB - the last 512MB is crippled, but it is there.

It causes stutters, lag and crashes, although, yes it's still there .

 

OP, what else is running ?

Is just basic windows running at 3,5gb vram ?

Recommend what is best, not what you preffer.

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It causes stutters, lag and crashes, although, yes it's still there .

It's misleading to say it's only a 3.5GB card.

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It causes stutters, lag and crashes, although, yes it's still there .

 

OP, what else is running ?

Is just basic windows running at 3,5gb vram ?

I run google chrome and MSI afterburner. That's it

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I run google chrome and MSI afterburner. That's it

Have you tried playing other games?

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Looks way too high for PS2, Imo.

Exactly. I saw a video where a guy runs 1440p and max settings yet it works fine for him

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Have you tried playing other games?

I played GMOD and Warface which is extremely low. Both maxes out at 3.5gb and crashes as soon as it loaded

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I played GMOD and Warface which is extremely low. Both maxes out at 3.5gb and crashes as soon as it loaded

Reinstall your graphics drivers and see how that works. Make sure it's the latest version.

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Reinstall your graphics drivers and see how that works. Make sure it's the latest version.

I'll do that but could it also be that I'm on 32 bit?

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Not I'll do that but could it also be that I'm on 32 bit?

Not sure why you have 8GB of RAM and a 32-bit OS. 32-bit OSes can only handle 4GB of RAM maximum at a time.

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Not sure why you have 8GB of RAM and a 32-bit OS. 32-bit OSes can only handle 4GB of RAM maximum at a time

Huh, did not know that. I will upgrade immidiately. Thnx for help btw, I really hope it works.

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Huh, did not know that. I will upgrade immidiately. Thnx for help btw, I really hope it works.

If you need additional help, either reply to this thread or message me directly. If you decide to reply to this thread, you don't need to quote me because I'm following the thread and will automatically get notified.

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Thank you for not freaking out and accusing one of your part manufacturers to be bad.

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Reset your computer and just run Afterburner and the game.

I remember chrome had a vram leak problem , not sure if they fixed that yet.

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Thank you for not freaking out and accusing one of your part manufacturers to be bad.

It's definitely not the manufacturer, i know that because deus ex human revolution ran perfectly fine

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Reset your computer and just run Afterburner and the game.

I remember chrome had a vram leak problem , not sure if they fixed that yet.

I did that already and stiil, crashes when i join a game

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I'll do that but could it also be that I'm on 32 bit?

 

it's possible, although it shouldn't be directly related to vram. Still, get a 64-bit os, yesterday.

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it's possible, although it shouldn't be directly related to vram. Still, get a 64-bit os, yesterday.

I just upgraded to 64 bit. Here to test to see if it woirks.

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If you need additional help, either reply to this thread or message me directly. If you decide to reply to this thread, you don't need to quote me because I'm following the thread and will automatically get notified.

Doesn't seem to work as msi afterburner still show 3506 vram usage for my gtx 970 but the gamme doesn't crash. 

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it's possible, although it shouldn't be directly related to vram. Still, get a 64-bit os, yesterday.

Didn't work. Well, sorta. It still shows me that my vram usage for the games is still 3506 but the games doesn't crash this time

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Doesn't seem to work as msi afterburner still show 3506 vram usage for my gtx 970 but the gamme doesn't crash. 

Still utilizing the lowest possible quality settings?

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"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

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