How much GPU memory usage do people have when not gaming?

[CakeMonster]

Reading with GPU-Z I found that on my 780 GTX I am using 690Mb just from idling in Windows 7, no games running. I often have Google Earth up and running, after a few minutes of browsing that, I had 1180Mb usage. I can imagine that this would impact games if I don't close down programs before playing (which I've never done so far).

What is your current GPU memory usage when not running games? And has there been a proper test/review of how this usage impacts performance in titles with heavy memory usage?

 

[brandon888]

have 7950 with same Vram .... now watching a movie and have some taps open in chrome .... uses about 400 mb or less ... idk ,if it's normal cause you get 1Gb or more after browsing ... maybe virus or some processes consume a lot of VRM .... idk strange really

 

[KingFatty]

I don't think it's an issue, because if you load anything that needs the VRAM, it should just push the old stuff out of the way. I don't think stuff like Google Earth will be able to monopolize the memory, and will get pushed out if more memory space is needed by the new app you run next.

Also, I think it could turn out that you have so much extra VRAM laying around that it would go to waste anyway, so each program is like hey, may as well use it.

 

[kasakka]

About 350 MB per GPU. 2x GTX 770 2 GB.

 

[DominionSeraph]

61MB

E: 23MB without Chrome.

 

[ShintaiDK]

314MB currently in Windows 7 with a GTX980. And its mainly due to Areo.

145MB in Windows 8.1 with a GTX680.