You're right, it really has nothing to do with the topic at hand, I was pondering the implications of nvidia's software implementation of the soft "3.5GB" usage typically seen. I just find supremely it odd considering the multiple incidents I've seen about pagefile usage skyrocketing after 3.5GB...
Pardon me, I should have said "running out of virtual memory". Did you read his symptoms?
His game crashed very quickly after hitting 3.5 GB of vram.
Upon enabling his page file, he no longer crashed, but saw that his page file was being thrashed (constant HDD access). And typically, he said...
It does explain why skipsneeky2 was crashing without a page file. Crashes are exactly what you expect to happen when you run out of ram without having virtual memory. It doesn't make sense conventionally, but the symptoms are there.
Yeah, I know right? But I've seen multiple reports of people with GTX 970 complaining about their paging file going crazy just as they go past 3.5 GB of ram.
"Except when i buy a product i expect it to work as advertised."
Those were your words, not mine.
I expected to get a 4GB, 256bit bus, 224GB/s card like was advertised. It doesn't act like a 4GB, 256bit bus, 224GB/s card ought to.
I actually considered it. Why that might be relevant is lost to me though. I didn't buy a GTX 980. I was not thinking "I can save money vs the GTX 980". I was thinking "I can save money by not buying."
Is this post just a post to congratulate yourself on buying a GTX 980 rather than a GTX 970? I...
That's assuming I would have bought a card in the first place. The fact of the matter - I was debating whether or not to buy the card - not that I needed it, but I thought it was a good enough GTX 980 alternative for pretty cheap. My alternative? Just use my old card, and not buy a new card...
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