VRAM Usage - 6970 (2 GB) vs. GTX 580 (1,5 GB) vs. GTX 580 (3 GB)

[squidgyb]

Just tried a quick flight around London in a spit, max settings apart from in game AA, and with a GTX580 it appears to be using as much VRAM as it can grab hold of - started the flight at ~1420Mb, and crept up to ~1500Mb. It was a quick test, so I didn't check framerate or anything. I do have the "noSSAO" mod running, as well as a RAM drive setup - the flight was pretty smooth throughout, but there are still obvious stutters.

There's a particular set of fuel containers close to the shore on one of the bends of the Thames that when you shoot it it flattens buildings around it for a good few 100 meters - that really brings the fps down to a slideshow for a minute or so.

Specs, for those who want to know;

i920 @ 4Ghz
24Gb 1600MHz 9-9-9-25 2T
6Gb RAM drive with steam/CoD installation & 6Gb fancy cache
GTX580 1536Mb @ Stock

Trees and buildings still cause stutters, and for a decent flight while minimising (I've not had a completely stutter free flight, even on lowest settings) the stutters, I go for all max except buildings and trees on medium.

BTW, Triggaaar? Same Trig from clunk.org.uk?