Ark not using shared GPU memory?

[NikimaruAketsuke]

I have an nVidia GTX1050 graphics card which has 12GB of memory, split into 4 gigs of dedicated memory and 8 gigs of shared memory. When running Ark, the full 4 gigs of dedicated memory are used, however, the 8 gigs of shared memory are not. This leads to low FPS and downgraded graphics, as the system is only using a third of what it could be. How can I fix this, and is this a known problem with Ark or is this a global setting that will affect multiple games as well?

[Nutcutt3r]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Altair]

U are sharing ram with your gpu vram? lol It will always be slower this way.1050 has only 4gb and its very weak for ark .

[NikimaruAketsuke]

More clarifying details, I guess: I've noticed low FPS while playing Ark, when usually I have decent enough hardware to run other games at higher settings. However, even with Ark set to Medium (Which ARK reccomends using a GTX770 for), I get roughly 20-30 FPS. I opened up my Task Manager and looked at the performance settings for my GTX 1050 and noticed that my Dedicated Memory Usage was nearly 3.9/4.0 gigs, but the Shared GPU Usage was absolutely 0. I'm not too savvy on the difference, all I know is my graphics card has 12 gigs of RAM and only 4 gigs are being used properly by the game with the 8 gigs of shared memory not being touched by ARK at all.

[Nutcutt3r]

引用自 ☢☠ꞨᴓʅΔiƏᏒ905☠☢：

引用自 Nutcutt3r：

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Not surprising but i am surprised you didnt try blaming the OPs gpu for being "crap " and needing a upgrade since its most likely not up to your/wildcards standards

Didnt have to derp.

引用自 ___-Altair-___：

U are sharing ram with your gpu vram? lol It will always be slower this way.1050 has only 4gb and its very weak for ark .

[Nutcutt3r]

引用自 NikimaruAketsuke：

More clarifying details, I guess: I've noticed low FPS while playing Ark, when usually I have decent enough hardware to run other games at higher settings. However, even with Ark set to Medium (Which ARK reccomends using a GTX770 for), I get roughly 20-30 FPS. I opened up my Task Manager and looked at the performance settings for my GTX 1050 and noticed that my Dedicated Memory Usage was nearly 3.9/4.0 gigs, but the Shared GPU Usage was absolutely 0. I'm not too savvy on the difference, all I know is my graphics card has 12 gigs of RAM and only 4 gigs are being used properly by the game with the 8 gigs of shared memory not being touched by ARK at all.

Not seeing a 105o with 12 gigs anywhere. Mine have six gigs memory and it shows 8 shared but that aint in the card. If it comes from anywhere else its only gonna be slower.

[NikimaruAketsuke]

Regardless of the actual specifications of the graphics cards, the Dedicated Memory is being used in full while the Shared GPU memory is not being touched, resulting in inefficiency as there is 8 gigs of memory just sitting there and not being used. Is there a way I can get ARK and other games to also use this memory?

[Brandorf]

引用自 NikimaruAketsuke：

More clarifying details, I guess: I've noticed low FPS while playing Ark, when usually I have decent enough hardware to run other games at higher settings. However, even with Ark set to Medium (Which ARK reccomends using a GTX770 for), I get roughly 20-30 FPS. I opened up my Task Manager and looked at the performance settings for my GTX 1050 and noticed that my Dedicated Memory Usage was nearly 3.9/4.0 gigs, but the Shared GPU Usage was absolutely 0. I'm not too savvy on the difference, all I know is my graphics card has 12 gigs of RAM and only 4 gigs are being used properly by the game with the 8 gigs of shared memory not being touched by ARK at all.

The GTX 1050 does NOT have 12 gb of RAM. It only has 4 gb of Vram, which is different that regular RAM. I'm not exactly sure what you are seeing, but it might be that your graphics card is already being maxed out. Again, not sure (i don't monitor my gpu).
Another thing i can think of is that you might have 8gb of regular RAM, which the game really likes to eat up like candy.
As for in-game settings, i recommend turning down Ground Clutter Density as well as tweaking with some of the other settings. This game runs better than last year by miles, but still needs a little bit of work on optimization. There are also some Launch Options you can use, but they might make the game look really ugly (but playable?). Take a look at this if you are curious https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=475747492

[Scheneighnay]

I've never seen any game use more than 1 gig of shared memory.

Hopefully DX12 eventually gets added with multi-GPU, so I can slap in an 8 gig 570 along with my 580 so I can use the memory from both cards rather than redundant memory like with crossfire and SLI.

[NikimaruAketsuke]

This is what I'm seeing when running DXDiag and in my Task Manager:
https://imgur.com/a/A6ZYS - Performance graphs for GPU, showing Dedicated VRAM and Shared GPU memory
https://imgur.com/a/llZK9 - DXDiag Render Device (GTX 1050 Specifications)

[Brandorf]

Honestly, Shared GPU Memory doesn't really do much. The big important thing is the amount of power and Vram your graphics card has. Not really sure why shared memory is even a thing honestly.

[Scheneighnay]

引用自 ZeroGrav007：

Honestly, Shared GPU Memory doesn't really do much. The big important thing is the amount of power and Vram your graphics card has. Not really sure why shared memory is even a thing honestly.

Shared memory is a good fallback to stop, or at least soften, memory-swapping.

[MaxKool007]

引用自 Scheneighnay：

引用自 ZeroGrav007：

Honestly, Shared GPU Memory doesn't really do much. The big important thing is the amount of power and Vram your graphics card has. Not really sure why shared memory is even a thing honestly.

Shared memory is a good fallback to stop, or at least soften, memory-swapping.

Ummm, No. It isnt. No matter what method you are talking about its going through the system memory every time. What do you think the "shared memory is". System memory. If you swap to that at all you will have nothing but problems with fps. You have your terms and ideas sort of out of wack.

Your GPU has 4GB of dedicated ram. it will sometimes make a copy of the bios in "shared" or sytem memory hence the .2 usage. This is ALL you want to see ever. If you see more, then you will be having stuttering and frame drops as the fast dedicated memory is having to talk to the slower sytem memory. No mater the name, any shared memory is still system and therefor a swap. So only worry about the dedicated memory and try and keep that .1 or so uder just so.

[Scheneighnay]

引用自 MaxKool：

引用自 Scheneighnay：

Shared memory is a good fallback to stop, or at least soften, memory-swapping.

Ummm, No. It isnt. No matter what method you are talking about its going through the system memory every time. What do you think the "shared memory is". System memory. If you swap to that at all you will have nothing but problems with fps. You have your terms and ideas sort of out of wack.

Your GPU has 4GB of dedicated ram. it will sometimes make a copy of the bios in "shared" or sytem memory hence the .2 usage. This is ALL you want to see ever. If you see more, then you will be having stuttering and frame drops as the fast dedicated memory is having to talk to the slower sytem memory. No mater the name, any shared memory is still system and therefor a swap. So only worry about the dedicated memory and try and keep that .1 or so uder just so.

It's still faster than swapping using virtual ram on the hard drive.

[MaxKool007]

Ok yes, but its not going to help you run ark or any other game for that matter. Ok ?

Understand the statement i said about only caring about the dedicated memory. The "specs" you listed for a 1050 are not what nvidia lists on their site. It is a 4gb card. If you EVER go over that the fps will almost certinly tank. And if you EVER get to the point of using HDD in a modern game... yah you have even worse... Just dont worry about it. Its just something windows shows. Matters more to people with APU and integrated grafics. The entry has almost zero relevence for people with a dedicated card.

You have a 4gb card. The drivers will do 100% everything in their power to avoid using shared system memory. For example my system memory is running at 3600mhz, I still wouldnt want to use it. Its not even half the speed. It will NOT help my fps. Would be much better off with settings till I get a good fps. In ark? There are a tonne of guides, but a 1050 is never gonna be a god.

[Sans]

4GB dedicated and the other 8GB is your system memory. Whats leading to low fps is your 1050.