Limit GPU Memory

wilri001 wrote on 9/6/2018, 9:41 PM

I've been using GPU-Z to measure my Fury x graphic card memory, and sure enough, it reaches maximum when Vegas hangs. It's a 4GB card.

So... is there a way to tell Vegas to not use more than some amount of GPU memory?

Why is so much memory being used? It was about 2.8GB for a long time.

This is a 4 camera project. Two are 4k, but with proxies.

Windows memory is at 6GB, but I have 16GB.

This is on v16, but I believe the same on v15.

Also, the GPU memory in Preferences is set at 50MB. And there are colorization and sharpening set at the media level on some of the cameras.

I can edit for about half an hour before a hang.

So is Vegas hanging the memory, or is it all up to the Fury x?

Thanks for any help.

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Grazie wrote on 9/6/2018, 10:50 PM

@wilri001 This is a post I’m going to follow. Thanks for bringing front and centre the enthusiasm of VP to consume memory, even though you’d attempted to hobble it in Preferences.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/7/2018, 12:01 AM

@wilri001 I do have a Fury X too and I don’t seem to have your issue. What kind of source files are you editing?

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Former user wrote on 9/7/2018, 2:32 AM

 

Also, the GPU memory in Preferences is set at 50MB. And there are colorization and sharpening set at the media level on some of the cameras.

When you say gpu memory, do you actually mean "Dynamic Ram preview max"?

Which isn't supposed to have anything to do with gpu although you're supposed to set that value to zero if having gpu issues. So that is confusing, also confusing is if that accomplishes anything at all. Also when you press {shift} & click on preferences go to menu item 'internal'  you see there's another ram preview setting & that is set to 32gb. If you think these values do affect gpu memory use could try reducing that as well.

wilri001 wrote on 9/7/2018, 6:43 AM

@wilri001 I do have a Fury X too and I don’t seem to have your issue. What kind of source files are you editing?

Camera files are all prosumer:

  1. .mp4 4k 30fps from Panasonic
  2. .mp4 4k 30fps from GoPro
  3. .mp4 HD1080 60fps1080 from Canon (resample disabled, project 30 fps)
  4. .mts HD1080 30 fps from Canon
wilri001 wrote on 9/7/2018, 6:45 AM

 

Also, the GPU memory in Preferences is set at 50MB. And there are colorization and sharpening set at the media level on some of the cameras.

When you say gpu memory, do you actually mean "Dynamic Ram preview max"?

Which isn't supposed to have anything to do with gpu although you're supposed to set that value to zero if having gpu issues. So that is confusing, also confusing is if that accomplishes anything at all. Also when you press {shift} & click on preferences go to menu item 'internal'  you see there's another ram preview setting & that is set to 32gb. If you think these values do affect gpu memory use could try reducing that as well.

I realize this is Windows memory, but thought having to create it could drive the GPU harder.

fr0sty wrote on 9/7/2018, 10:00 AM

If you can download OBS studio and record a video of the problem, it would help us and the developers to isolate what could be causing the issue. Another thing that helps greatly is downloading the program "mediainfo", running it on one of each of your camera angle's clips, and post the info it lists here. That tells us exact details about your media, so we can try to figure out which clip is causing the issue. When posting the media info, I usually choose the "HTML" view. It provides a lot of detail in a very neat form.

Systems:

Desktop

AMD Ryzen 7 1800x 8 core 16 thread at stock speed

64GB 3000mhz DDR4

Geforce RTX 3090

Windows 10

Laptop:

ASUS Zenbook Pro Duo 32GB (9980HK CPU, RTX 2060 GPU, dual 4K touch screens, main one OLED HDR)

vkmast wrote on 9/7/2018, 10:35 AM

The FAQ re MediaInfo.