VRAM Usage.

[Ghoust]

I got a RTX 3060ti 8gb, is it normal for skyrim to use all of my vram? It starts off low then goes up to around 8058 and it stays there.

[Corinze]

Modded yes - No mods just the plain game no.

My 3080 12G is pinned with a modded game as a reference.

[Ghoust]

Originally posted by Corinze:

Modded yes - No mods just the plain game no.

My 3080 12G is pinned with a modded game as a reference.

I am playing the anniversary edition on GoG without mods and after a couple of hours my game just goes to 8GB VRAM use and it stays there... do you happen to know why?

[Corinze]

If you are playing at 4k and on a large screen or TV, I could see it. Other wise it has been so long since I played without mods I would not really know. A vanilla game at 1080 or 2k on a regular size screen should be fine for 4G cards.

How is you computer running in general? Has it had a good spring cleaning to make sure air flow is good?
Since you know you are pulling 8Gs how much wattage are you pulling?

[rabitsrule]

vanilla textures are not very well optimized so if your running ultra and high resolution this is normal try turning down settings and if vram goes down you got your answer

[baronofdoom]

I think it has something to do with the GOG version. I have the Steam and GOG versions, both are modded but not like crazy and I'm running the game maxed at 1080p. I copied over all my Steam version mods and only added like 3 more mods to the GOG that aren't on the other one. I'm running a GTX 1080 and with the GOG version, I can fast travel a few times and it maxes out all 8GB of vram. The Steam version doesn't do it, and the few mods on the GOG version that I added, I disabled them and it still does this. I'm not having any performance issues, though, it seems to still manage what it needs and everything works fine.

[Wrinkly]

It takes time to load data in to VRAM therefore it's more efficient that data that is not currently being used remain in VRAM only being overwritten when new data is required. This will lead to VRAM being filled up. There is a difference between allocated and in use.