DOOM thinks my gpu has only 1gb of vram

[Mosaic]

Hi all. For some odd reason Doom thinks that my MSI RX 380 Armor 2X has only 1gb of ram but it has 2GB. My game runs very bad and i can't switch to vulkan because you need 2gb of vram, which i have but game don't think so. How can i say to game that i have 2gb not 1. Thanks for help.

[Salamand3r-]

That's an issue I haven't seen before.

I would first go for the general solution for Doom issues -

Use DDU to do a driver wipe, and re install the latest drivers.

[Mosaic]

I just reinstalled windows so driver wipe would be for nothing, same thing was happening before reinstalling WIN, i have latest, always.

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

I just reinstalled windows so driver wipe would be for nothing, same thing was happening before reinstalling WIN, i have latest, always.

Sounds like a hardware issue.

Does GPUZ show everything correctly?

[Mosaic]

Yes my pc is 2 months old i just bought almost all new components. This is THE ONLY game that make problems all other are running amazingly. So i doubt it is a hardware issue. WEIRD

[Samael]

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

Yes my pc is 2 months old i just bought almost all new components. This is THE ONLY game that make problems all other are running amazingly. So i doubt it is a hardware issue. WEIRD

2 months old PC with a 2GB Vram card ? :(

I don't know who sold you the PC or where you bought it but it sounds like you have a GPU problem. Might be 1GB on it not working properly.

I am having a hard time believing the fact that you just bought this PC. They are not new component. Might be new for you but in fact they are years old.

I don't know why you are saying this is the only game where you have problems. Doom doesnt make you lose 1GB of Vram on your card. If you have 1GB of VRAM on DOOM you have 1GB Vram on your other games.

What is your PC specs exactly ?

[Mosaic]

Samael i hate you already for the way you writing to me :/ 1ST thing: I build my own pc, 2nd i already said that i DID NOT buy all things new some of it like the GPU i recycled from an old one. I looking forward to upgrade as soon as possible (RX 580 probably).
My current specs:
i5-7600k (Overclocked to 4.2ghz)
MSI Z270 Tomahawk
Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR4 2666Mhz
MSI R9 380 Armor 2X 2GB (there wasn't 1gb NEVER)
Windows 10 Home 64bit
WD Blue SSD 250GB + 1TB Barracuda HDD
No thermal problem whatsoever.
You said 1GB may be not working, if you read what i wrote it's working in every freaking game i ever tried, every game reads 2GB as it should only DOOM has some weird problem which I'm trying to resolve.

[Mosaic]

Originally posted by Samael:

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

Yes my pc is 2 months old i just bought almost all new components. This is THE ONLY game that make problems all other are running amazingly. So i doubt it is a hardware issue. WEIRD

2 months old PC with a 2GB Vram card ? :(

I don't know who sold you the PC or where you bought it but it sounds like you have a GPU problem. Might be 1GB on it not working properly.

I am having a hard time believing the fact that you just bought this PC. They are not new component. Might be new for you but in fact they are years old.

I don't know why you are saying this is the only game where you have problems. Doom doesnt make you lose 1GB of Vram on your card. If you have 1GB of VRAM on DOOM you have 1GB Vram on your other games.

What is your PC specs exactly ?

Samael i hate you already for the way you writing to me :/ 1ST thing: I build my own pc, 2nd i already said that i DID NOT buy all things new some of it like the GPU i recycled from an old one. I looking forward to upgrade as soon as possible (RX 580 probably).
My current specs:
i5-7600k (Overclocked to 4.2ghz)
MSI Z270 Tomahawk
Crucial Ballistix 16GB DDR4 2666Mhz
MSI R9 380 Armor 2X 2GB (there wasn't 1gb NEVER)
Windows 10 Home 64bit
WD Blue SSD 250GB + 1TB Barracuda HDD
No thermal problem whatsoever.
You said 1GB may be not working, if you read what i wrote it's working in every freaking game i ever tried, every game reads 2GB as it should only DOOM has some weird problem which I'm trying to resolve.

[Salamand3r-]

How many games actually show VRAM availability or usage? Not many to my recollection.

As I said, check in GPUZ and Afterburner to see exactly what is happening behind the scenes.

I have a strong feeling that there is a hardware issue with your GPU, and I think that is where you should be focusing your troubleshooting.

[Mosaic]

I use both programs regulary and as I said they are showing everything that everything is allright. Games that shows vram: Watch Dogs 2, GTA V, HITMAN 2016, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Rainbow Six Siege. EVERY GAME IS SHOWING 2GB.

[Salamand3r-]

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

I use both programs regulary and as I said they are showing everything that everything is allright. Games that shows vram: Watch Dogs 2, GTA V, HITMAN 2016, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Rainbow Six Siege. EVERY GAME IS SHOWING 2GB.

Does Doom read it as 2gb in the performance metrics, or just toss the error when trying to change settings?

[Mosaic]

Doom read it as 1GB in performance metrics and there is only one error: when i try to launch in vulkan (because you need 2GB at least to play on vulkan, which i have but doom doesn't think so) i need to edit the config to set it back to opengl to be able to launch game properly, but it still shows 1GB. That doesn't make any sense.

[Mosaic]

Originally posted by Salamand3r:

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

I use both programs regulary and as I said they are showing everything that everything is allright. Games that shows vram: Watch Dogs 2, GTA V, HITMAN 2016, Ghost Recon Wildlands, Rainbow Six Siege. EVERY GAME IS SHOWING 2GB.

Does Doom read it as 2gb in the performance metrics, or just toss the error when trying to change settings?

I updated my driver from 17.4.2 to 17.4.3 (today released) and for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason it now reads 1828MB DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, it should read 2048MB not just random numbers. I honestly think it was because of restart i had to make when installing new drivers not because of driver itself, i'll try tomorow launch after a pc was ON for some time, i bet it will again read only 1GB. :/

[Samael]

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

Originally posted by Salamand3r:

Does Doom read it as 2gb in the performance metrics, or just toss the error when trying to change settings?

I updated my driver from 17.4.2 to 17.4.3 (today released) and for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason it now reads 1828MB DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, it should read 2048MB not just random numbers. I honestly think it was because of restart i had to make when installing new drivers not because of driver itself, i'll try tomorow launch after a pc was ON for some time, i bet it will again read only 1GB. :/

Im happy updating your drivers fixed the problems. Even if you hate me.

[lpnlizard27]

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

Originally posted by Salamand3r:

Does Doom read it as 2gb in the performance metrics, or just toss the error when trying to change settings?

I updated my driver from 17.4.2 to 17.4.3 (today released) and for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason it now reads 1828MB DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE

Sounds like the VRM on your GPU is dying.

[Mosaic]

Originally posted by lpnlizard27:

Originally posted by Gh0st67:

I updated my driver from 17.4.2 to 17.4.3 (today released) and for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason it now reads 1828MB DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE

Sounds like the VRM on your GPU is dying.

I think other games would get affected as well, but as i said freaking million times in this post all other games run as they should.