R7 360 VRAM Usage

[DouglasCarneiro]

Hi folks,

so, I recently adquired a new video card, since my last one died a few months ago. I'm not a hardcore game and I got a good deal for the r7 360. I was playing some games and monitoring my gpu and cpu temperatures with MSI Afterburner and I noticed that I wasn't using much VRAM. I looked it up on the internet and found out that it's probably because of my resolution (I'm using analogical LCD monitor, connected on my vga through a DVI-VGA adapter, 1440x900 resolution). I decided to run a quick benchmark on 3DMark just to check if the VRAM would eventually go to its max. Well... it didn't. It only got 1680mb, tops. Now I'm a little bit worried, GPU-Z says I've 2GB dedicated VRAM, so why I'm not getting all this while benchmarking?
 

System Specs:

FX-6300 3.5GHz

2x2 4GB 1333mhz Kingston

Windows 7 running on a 500GB WD HDD

Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

CX430 PSU

Gigabyte R7 360 2GB DDR5 Windforce GURU II OC

 

PS: I wrote this in a hush and probably did some grammar mistakes since english isn't my first language, so sorry about that.

 

 

[Enderman]

probably because the benchmark doesnt need more than that...

or your gpu is just too weak

[ChevbeeHD]

what enderman said.

[DouglasCarneiro]

Humm I see.

But even if my gpu is too weak, shouldnt it be using all its vram or is really because that nothing that I play use that much VRAM in this resolution?

I tested it on Starcraft 2, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare and Outlast (not so much new games) and my VRAM usage didnt go above 700mb.

Like I said, I'm not a hardcore gamer and this gpu is just as powerful as I need it to be.

[SirDucksallot]

Some games dont really need more VRAM.Lets say by playing Mad Max on the Very High preset with my 750Ti,top VRAM usage was like 1500 MB.