POE 2 uses only half of my VRAM

[Azzazelius]

I have RTX 2060 with 6gb vram, but the game uses only 3.2 vram max. Is there a way to use all vram? It is a shame that I have 40 fps max, but in a heat of battle it can become 20 or even lower.

[Ankarin]

Use of VRAM has almost nothing to do with FPS lol. Even if the game used 6GB of VRAM, or 2GB of VRAM, your FPS wouldn't change. If a game only uses 3GB of textures at any given time, the game allocating the use of 6GB of VRAM changes literally nothing, it would still just be 3GB of unused VRAM.

Even if you had 16GB of VRAM, it would still only use about 3ish GB lol.

When are you down to 20fps on the F1 screen, is it your CPU or GPU latency that is the highest? Because most people in this game are limited by their CPU and not their GPU.

[phlegmo]

Your vram usage got nothing to do with it.

This game is way more heavy on the cpu than gpu.

[♥BlackSun♥]

I've 24GB of VRAM

[königplatzen]

FPS won't change, but you might increase the textures or something to use more VRAM

[Momo]

Originally posted by phlegmo:

Your vram usage got nothing to do with it.

This game is way more heavy on the cpu than gpu.

I highly disagree with the second part here in all respect but I keep track on that and its not even close. Maybe I haven´t yet reached a point where I would have my cpu explode and if thats the case I apologize in advance but as of now I have around 15-20%CPU and around 70%GPU usage... My Gpu being the 4090 and the Cpu being just as high end.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Momo:

Originally posted by phlegmo:

Your vram usage got nothing to do with it.

This game is way more heavy on the cpu than gpu.

I highly disagree with the second part here in all respect but I keep track on that and its not even close. Maybe I haven´t yet reached a point where I would have my cpu explode and if thats the case I apologize in advance but as of now I have around 15-20%CPU and around 70%GPU usage... My Gpu being the 4090 and the Cpu being just as high end.

High "percent usage" on a GPU is normal, even if the GPU is not struggling. It's just how GPU architecture works. Meanwhile CPU cycles are not wasted "just because nothing better to do" unlike the GPU. Which is why a CPU can be sitting around 30% and a GPU at 70% and yet the CPU is doing more 'work' game side. Especially when you consider that the game uses multi-threading on the CPU side, but your high end CPU has more cores than the game is ever going to try to use. If you have a high end CPU, this game will barely tickle it. However in context, it's using more CPU than some others.

This game does use more CPU cycles than other ARPGs.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Azzazelius:

I have RTX 2060 with 6gb vram, but the game uses only 3.2 vram max. Is there a way to use all vram? It is a shame that I have 40 fps max, but in a heat of battle it can become 20 or even lower.

Higher vRam usage would come from higher quality bitmaps and other effects that have to pre-load in order to run the game smoothly. If you want to burn more vRAM, run it in 4k mode.

Also, there is probably a soft-cap for vRam set by the game, because this game is also built for XBOX and Playstation, but maybe they will unlock vRam usage in future for PC along with a super high res version.

[Momo]

Originally posted by xXBulletJusticeXx:

Originally posted by Momo:

I highly disagree with the second part here in all respect but I keep track on that and its not even close. Maybe I haven´t yet reached a point where I would have my cpu explode and if thats the case I apologize in advance but as of now I have around 15-20%CPU and around 70%GPU usage... My Gpu being the 4090 and the Cpu being just as high end.

High "percent usage" on a GPU is normal, even if the GPU is not struggling. It's just how GPU architecture works. Meanwhile CPU cycles are not wasted "just because nothing better to do" unlike the GPU. Which is why a CPU can be sitting around 30% and a GPU at 70% and yet the CPU is doing more 'work' game side. Especially when you consider that the game uses multi-threading on the CPU side, but your high end CPU has more cores than the game is ever going to try to use. If you have a high end CPU, this game will barely tickle it. However in context, it's using more CPU than some others.

This game does use more CPU cycles than other ARPGs.

I appreciate your clarification thanks for the small but insightful education here and sorry for my rather noobie take here.

[torsk]

Originally posted by Momo:

Originally posted by phlegmo:

Your vram usage got nothing to do with it.

This game is way more heavy on the cpu than gpu.

I highly disagree with the second part here in all respect but I keep track on that and its not even close. Maybe I haven´t yet reached a point where I would have my cpu explode and if thats the case I apologize in advance but as of now I have around 15-20%CPU and around 70%GPU usage... My Gpu being the 4090 and the Cpu being just as high end.

If your GPU sits at less than 95% it means you are CPU bound. It's impossible for games, no matter how optimized they are to use all cores and threads equally.

Even if it shows "only" 15-20% CPU the primary thread is maxed out and you are CPU bound.

[Momo]

So to just double check I just did a Map with all Programs that are not Poe2 closed and im cruising at 9% and peak times at 14-15% Cpu usage. at always 144 fps without frame drops below 140 at ultra 1440p just in case that matters lol

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by torsk:

Originally posted by Momo:

I highly disagree with the second part here in all respect but I keep track on that and its not even close. Maybe I haven´t yet reached a point where I would have my cpu explode and if thats the case I apologize in advance but as of now I have around 15-20%CPU and around 70%GPU usage... My Gpu being the 4090 and the Cpu being just as high end.

If your GPU sits at less than 95% it means you are CPU bound. It's impossible for games, no matter how optimized they are to use all cores and threads equally.

Even if it shows "only" 15-20% CPU the primary thread is maxed out and you are CPU bound.

That's not necessarily true. If you have a frame target at a given resolution and your GPU meets that criteria utilizing only 45% of it's power, then it will stay at 45% power, because it met it's goal.

The same thing could be happening with his 70% GPU utilization. Hardware doesnt overclock just because it can just as the same with over utilizing power just for the sake of charging your power bill for no reason.

[Azzazelius]

Thanks for all replies! For a very long time, I didn't face a problem with my CP. I have Intel i7 4GHz, apparently, it isn't enough =(

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Originally posted by Azzazelius:

Thanks for all replies! For a very long time, I didn't face a problem with my CP. I have Intel i7 4GHz, apparently, it isn't enough =(

As GGG optimizes the game over time, this might improve.

[DM]

Originally posted by Azzazelius:

I have RTX 2060 with 6gb vram, but the game uses only 3.2 vram max. Is there a way to use all vram? It is a shame that I have 40 fps max, but in a heat of battle it can become 20 or even lower.

VRAM usage has nothing to do with performance unless the game requires more VRAM than you actually have - and then your performance tanks.

You need to check the GPU utilisation instead - if you FPS is low and the GPU utilisation is also a lot less than 99% then there is a problem with the game or perhaps your GPU is thermal throttling due to a cooling issue, or your GPU is being bottlenecked by the CPU.

If the GPU is at 99% utilisation and your FPS is low, then you need to drop the settings, upgrade your CPU, or your GPU, or both.

[Badmawone | Tik-Tok]

its only using like 2 for me idk why