low gpu memory

[NaughtyDoge]

ever since i moved my steam files to my new m2 drive half lie alyx has been super laggy and choppy its unplayable and my m2 drive is twice as fast as my other one
and running a 3090 with a 5900x

[AnCapGamer]

I'd suggest uninstall and reinstall the game to the NEW location

[Ceejay]

A long shot, but which motherboard are you using? if its an older AMD platform, depending on the m2 slot, it might be sharing the pci bandwidth, so with a 3090 and a really fast m2 drive, you could be running out of resources. I(though realistically with a 5900x, you should fine, its normally when people upgrade from an older ryzen that may get an issue and you would need to be running a really old motherboard).

Though this will not affect any on board ram on your gpu......Are you sure you have gpu memory issue? This would point more at drivers etc.

[UnrealTemplier]

Same thing here. i9-12900K + 3080Ti, M2 drive.
As a VR game developer myself, I'm sure it's a bug.
It's sad that Alyx being a flagman VR game till this days has so many annoying bugs and quirks.

[SousChef-EdoDedo]

i think its the Audio transferdata to the Headset. just turn off the Audio, for the headset in the Virtual Desktop app installed on the PC. that was a improvment fix for me. im using the wifi link btw. and its has a poor bandwidth.

[Warborg]

Originally posted by EdoDedo:

i think its the Audio transferdata to the Headset. just turn off the Audio, for the headset in the Virtual Desktop app installed on the PC. that was a improvment fix for me. im using the wifi link btw. and its has a poor bandwidth.

I have been using the Quest 2 on Airlink and recently finished Alyx with it, smooth as glass after a few tweaks. As far as bandwidth, it's about having a decent WiFi AP and setting it up properly so the Quest 2 has access to the full bandwidth.

[Rocksteady]

I haven't played in a while but I get this "low gpu memory" error everytime I load the game.. thankfully I see no performance loss but it's annoying bug and hopefully they fix it someday

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by Rocksteady2090:

I haven't played in a while but I get this "low gpu memory" error everytime I load the game.. thankfully I see no performance loss but it's annoying bug and hopefully they fix it someday

Yep it is also happening with me now. I wonder what is causing it. I too am not seeing a performance loss.

[SousChef-EdoDedo]

okay then try this fix guys! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdO2TrHuwws

[Ceejay]

Originally posted by EdoDedo:

okay then try this fix guys!

Erm that guy is slightly misunderstanding what a page file is. It does not matter where half life alyx is installed as such.

The page file enables the system to remove infrequently accessed modified pages from physical memory to the drive let the system use physical memory more efficiently for running games/apps etc

Now normally automatic should take care of it as if it needs more space, generally it takes more.

Also you are best off having your page file NOT on the same drive your games are on, as if you are streaming your games from that drive, you then do not want the same drive being used to stream your page file, as if the computer needs to do both, you would normally get a performance hit. (as the drive can only do 1 thing at a time, so essentially its swapping between the two tasks).

Now it could be the computer in the vid is not increasing the virtual ram big enough to cope with the game properly or at least not doing it fast enough before he is hitting issues(which is slightly odd, but computers have been known to do odd things now and then for no apparent reason) however he is best putting it on a different drive to the one he is gaming from.

Also if you are not running out of physical ram, then the page file is basically not going to be used.

Now if the guy in the vid has 8gb of ram and running a lot of background programs, he could be hitting his page file hard, causing his problems. However even with 8gb of ram if you keep a clean enough computer then hiting 8gb is still quite rare.

While I have 16gb, I have not seen my ram usage go above 8gb while gaming as I run the bare minimum of background programs.

I mean if this works for you great, but then I would be looking at what random programs you are running in the background eating up your actual ram.

[Lucky MaveriX]

set fog, characters, shadows to low.
disable motion smoothing
put -nowindow in launch command
set refresh rate to 80hz

[Eloy_881]

Originally posted by Lucky MaveriX:

set fog, characters, shadows to low.
disable motion smoothing
put -nowindow in launch command
set refresh rate to 80hz

Thanks for the advice.

[General Batou]

Originally posted by Lucky MaveriX:

set fog, characters, shadows to low.
disable motion smoothing
put -nowindow in launch command
set refresh rate to 80hz

>put -nowindow in launch command
What does this do?

[ntsarb]

I upgraded from GTX 1080 Ti to RTX 3080 Ti and I now get Low GPU Memory notification (asking me to close any other applications) in the main menu. Very weird. Anyone knows what's causing this?

[IanL]

Originally posted by ntsarb:

I upgraded from GTX 1080 Ti to RTX 3080 Ti and I now get Low GPU Memory notification (asking me to close any other applications) in the main menu. Very weird. Anyone knows what's causing this?

It's seemingly a known bug that appears with RTX cards and can safely be ignored.

[Schranzi]

Originally posted by General Ursus:

Originally posted by Lucky MaveriX:

set fog, characters, shadows to low.
disable motion smoothing
put -nowindow in launch command
set refresh rate to 80hz

>put -nowindow in launch command
What does this do?

It doesnt open a Window on your Desktop with the Game when you start Alyx