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Old October 14, 2011, 12:05 PM
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If game data (ie textures) are saved on the vRam, why does it show in task manager as using ram?
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Old October 14, 2011, 01:24 PM
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From my understanding all game data including textures are buffered in the main system memory as needed then sent to video card when asked for. Alot of the memory on a video card is used to buffer the rendered frame before it is sent to the monitor.
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