CS:GO High VRAM usage

[Octavialicious]

Hey, recently I've gotten this weird bug on CS:GO. Basically, when I first join a match my VRAM usage will shoot up to 3.5G and the game will be very laggy & will stutter. But, if I alt tab and tab back in the game will be fine for the rest of the match, and the VRAM usage will go back down to a standard 2 GB. Then when a new match starts, it will happen all over again.

 

 

Any ideas? I have a 295x2 with the latest beta drivers

[salecar3]

what rez are u playing at

[Razarza]

That's weird, I barely hit 1GB in CSGO. Have you tried disabling crossfire for CSGO? I had a lot of stuttering before I disabled it and I've read about other people having issues with crossfire in CSGO.

[Octavialicious]

what rez are u playing at

4K maxed out with all the antialiasing options turned up

 

That's weird, I barely hit 1GB in CSGO. Have you tried disabling crossfire for CSGO? I had a lot of stuttering before I disabled it and I've read about other people having issues with crossfire in CSGO.

yea, it happens with CF and without it like stated tabbing out fixes it for the whole match so it's no big deal, but a fix would be nice

[salecar3]

you do realize u can just decrease aa a bit and it should fix it self

[Octavialicious]

you do realize u can just decrease aa a bit and it should fix it self

I think you're missing the point, 99% of the time the game runs at 2 GB of vram and has no issues, it's just on startup the game derps and eats up a bunch of vram

[wyattzx]

Be glad you don't have a 970 or you'd be at max VRAM.

 

This could be a few things. 

 

• Poor optimization in regards to texture / model buffer.
• "Artificial" memory being loaded that is cleared upon actual rendering beginning. 
• A driver issue. 
• Any two or three of the above. 

That's just off the top of my head, anyways.

[Octavialicious]

Be glad you don't have a 970 or you'd be at max VRAM.

 

This could be a few things. 

 

• Poor optimization in regards to texture / model buffer.
• "Artificial" memory being loaded that is cleared upon actual rendering beginning. 
• A driver issue. 
• Any two or three of the above. 

That's just off the top of my head, anyways.

hm, maybe at least the issue is something very easy to work around  !

[wyattzx]

hm, maybe at least the issue is something very easy to work around  !

I don't mean to offend you if it comes off as so, but.. have you actually tried re-installing the game, and making sure it's wiped after an uninstall? It's just a thought, and something you could potentially try.

[Razarza]

4K maxed out with all the antialiasing options turned up

 

yea, it happens with CF and without it like stated tabbing out fixes it for the whole match so it's no big deal, but a fix would be nice

Ah, well that explains all the VRAM usage, are you using any launch commands? Have you got 'cl_forcepreload' set to '1' in your config?

 

Edit - Also did this start happening immediately after a certain update, if so which one?

[Octavialicious]

I don't mean to offend you if it comes off as so, but.. have you actually tried re-installing the game, and making sure it's wiped after an uninstall? It's just a thought, and something you could potentially try.

I was planning on doing so, just wanted to see if anything else worked before that and don't worry, none taken

[Octavialicious]

Ah, well that explains all the VRAM usage, are you using any launch commands? Have you got 'cl_forcepreload' set to '1' in your config?

 

Edit - Also did this start happening immediately after a certain update, if so which one?

will try that, and It started happening today when I got my 295x2

[Octavialicious]

Ah, well that explains all the VRAM usage, are you using any launch commands? Have you got 'cl_forcepreload' set to '1' in your config?

 

Edit - Also did this start happening immediately after a certain update, if so which one?

this is weird, I changed it to 1 and the vram usage before alt tabbing is still very high, but the lag stuttering doesn't happen so I guess it works

[Razarza]

this is weird, I changed it to 1 and the vram usage before alt tabbing is still very high, but the lag stuttering doesn't happen so I guess it works

Well you are on 4k with 8x MSAA on, even though CSGO is relatively lightweight that can take up a lot of resources. Glad to hear your issues have been solved.

[salecar3]

I think you're missing the point, 99% of the time the game runs at 2 GB of vram and has no issues, it's just on startup the game derps and eats up a bunch of vram

i know what you mean,it caod also be recent csgo update that did that,also skins can be a factor as well but not that much it coad be just a bug from recent update or something