Frame generation VRAM issue

[rowan0306]

does anyone know a fix for using frame gen?
at the moment without it the game uses 9-10Gb of my 16Gb of VRAM
as soon as i enable frame gen it spikes to 15+ where i can play for a few mins but then it maxes out and my fps drops to around 10
any reason why this happens? i can literally run cyberpunk 2077 max settings with path tracing and frame gen works fine?
im running 4k with DLSS on, it doesnt seem to matter which setting the VRAM still maxes
all my drivers are updated
any help would be appreciated

[Zephyr]

This is a typical NVidia thing. They give you the technologie that uses A LOT of VRAM, but no VRAM, so that you can buy an RTX 5090 more early :). That is the plan.

Sad joke aside, Frame gen (Nvidia) really does use a lot of VRAM on Nvidia GPUs AMD Framegen works differently. So, there is not much you can do, except to reduce VRAM load elsewhere (reduce textures, for example) or disable framgen. Easy. That is the sad Nvidia reality, nothing more to do.

FSR3 framegen is not in the game yet I think to try for you, not sure. Uninstalled the game after I finished.... .

Cyberpunk has poor textures to make up for the VRAM (does not need much). Even so, with Framegen and Path tracing you should be very close to the limits in Cyberpunk as well. Also, how games react to VRAM limits is different in each case. Some games become unplayable and some games just hve texture errors and such that are harder to notice... .

VRAM is a complicated matter, only easy thing is, if you do not have enough it is not great.

[rowan0306]

Originally posted by Zephyr:

This is a typical NVidia thing. They give you the technologie that uses A LOT of VRAM, but no VRAM, so that you can buy an RTX 5090 more early :). That is the plan.

Sad joke aside, Frame gen (Nvidia) really does use a lot of VRAM on Nvidia GPUs AMD Framegen works differently. So, there is not much you can do, except to reduce VRAM load elsewhere (reduce textures, for example) or disable framgen. Easy. That is the sad Nvidia reality, nothing more to do.

FSR3 framegen is not in the game yet I think to try for you, not sure. Uninstalled the game after I finished.... .

Cyberpunk has poor textures to make up for the VRAM (does not need much). Even so, with Framegen and Path tracing you should be very close to the limits in Cyberpunk as well. Also, how games react to VRAM limits is different in each case. Some games become unplayable and some games just hve texture errors and such that are harder to notice... .

VRAM is a complicated matter, only easy thing is, if you do not have enough it is not great.

yea nvidia really do be messing with us atm, my 1080ti from like 6 years ago that i got for $700 had 12Gb of VRAM and my 4080 that i got last year for 1.2k has only 16 :/
and idk why tf they are releasing the 5080 with 16Gb as well, its literally the most important component for games atm if ur running 4k

[Sloths]

Originally posted by rowan0306:

does anyone know a fix for using frame gen?
at the moment without it the game uses 9-10Gb of my 16Gb of VRAM
as soon as i enable frame gen it spikes to 15+ where i can play for a few mins but then it maxes out and my fps drops to around 10
any reason why this happens? i can literally run cyberpunk 2077 max settings with path tracing and frame gen works fine?
im running 4k with DLSS on, it doesnt seem to matter which setting the VRAM still maxes
all my drivers are updated
any help would be appreciated

Turn your texture resolution down from ultra to high if you haven't already.

I have a 4070ti dlss on, set to native, and frame gen on 120fps. It has 12gb vram and I run on a 1440p display. I have the 4k texture pack installed and run with ultra setting for textures and during play vram usage can be anywhere from 60% to 90% but have never seen it go over.
4k display definitely would be a different story.

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by rowan0306:

Originally posted by Zephyr:

This is a typical NVidia thing. They give you the technologie that uses A LOT of VRAM, but no VRAM, so that you can buy an RTX 5090 more early :). That is the plan.

Sad joke aside, Frame gen (Nvidia) really does use a lot of VRAM on Nvidia GPUs AMD Framegen works differently. So, there is not much you can do, except to reduce VRAM load elsewhere (reduce textures, for example) or disable framgen. Easy. That is the sad Nvidia reality, nothing more to do.

FSR3 framegen is not in the game yet I think to try for you, not sure. Uninstalled the game after I finished.... .

Cyberpunk has poor textures to make up for the VRAM (does not need much). Even so, with Framegen and Path tracing you should be very close to the limits in Cyberpunk as well. Also, how games react to VRAM limits is different in each case. Some games become unplayable and some games just hve texture errors and such that are harder to notice... .

VRAM is a complicated matter, only easy thing is, if you do not have enough it is not great.

yea nvidia really do be messing with us atm, my 1080ti from like 6 years ago that i got for $700 had 12Gb of VRAM and my 4080 that i got last year for 1.2k has only 16 :/
and idk why tf they are releasing the 5080 with 16Gb as well, its literally the most important component for games atm if ur running 4k

Well I switched to team AMD for exactly this reason. Also had an RTX 3070 before 2023, it fared poorly with newer gams at 1440P already. Bought an RX 7900XT AND a 32 inch 4K monitor for the price of a new RTX 4080 (1200-1300$ then where I live then) and have been happy ever since. Sure, no Ray Tracing, no DLSS, but enough power to use 4K resolution with all recent games together with Ok upscaling like Intel XeSS or in some case FSR when it is good. All older games from a few years back (well, in my library) run with high Framerates at native 4K. Most importantly the RX 7900XT does have enough VRAM to use Ultra textures 4K in games like SM2 and it also could use FSR3 framegen :).

Best GPU I have ever had, drivers are very good as well. No idea why all insist on buying Nvidia... .