How can I monitor video memory usage?

stacker

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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7Can you tell us what operating system you are interested in monitoring the usage from? Also, knowing what make/model of video adapter may be useful as well. :) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2010-07-05T20:43:01.383

I'm using windows 7, mainly. – stacker – 2010-07-06T01:02:33.087

make/model of video adapter how can I know this? – stacker – 2010-07-06T01:08:56.970

You can check it via the dxdiag utility. – happy_soil – 2010-07-06T08:49:59.363

3The GPU is graphics card specific so there won't be a general tool that monitors this. Look for something specific to your graphics card. – ChrisF – 2011-02-27T14:22:22.110

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GPU load monitoring is not a built-in feature in Windows, but there are third-party tools to do the job.

GPU-Z is a graphics card information tool that supports a number of monitoring options for graphics cards such as clock speeds, fan speed, memory load, GPU load and Video Engine load.

I believe it supports both ATI (AMD) and nVidia graphics cards.

This is a screen shot of my system while playing a h.264 video.

Mokubai

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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your pic showed quite a lot of info. I circled the part I think you were getting at. Was that the part you were getting at? – barlop – 2015-12-19T17:31:52.250

@JaderDias it works for my intel hd graphics 4000 in my laptop. What model is yours? – barlop – 2015-12-19T17:33:30.267

What about for Linux? – Aaron Franke – 2016-12-11T22:13:56.140

@AaronFranke https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=gpu-z+linux

– Mokubai – 2016-12-11T22:19:37.940

4For my model it only shows the Clocks, not the load – Jader Dias – 2011-02-27T19:55:44.240

If you use an ATI or NVIDIA card, you should check out GPU-Z.

Main Features:

Support NVIDIA and ATI cards

Displays adapter, GPU and display information

Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available)

Validation of results

No installation required

Support for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported)

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happy_soil

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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1so much info there, you should circle the relevant part – barlop – 2015-12-19T17:28:31.543

AMD System Monitor is pretty good. It gives you % CPU and GPU utilization.

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Ashley Davis

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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You can monitor NVidia GPUs with RivaTuner

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Jader Dias

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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The Windows 10 task manager now has some nice GPU stats, including memory, although you can not quite see it in this image. https://www.howtogeek.com/351073/how-to-monitor-gpu-usage-in-the-windows-task-manager/

I've also used Process Explorer to measure GPU, although the latest Windows 10 updates seem to have broken that ability.

crizCraig

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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MSI Afterburner (a tool similar to RivaTuner) can show this in real-time on a graph, among other things. Note that it does not require a MSI card.

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mtone

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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All for one: You could use http://openhardwaremonitor.org/

But it will not give you the "Number" of used Memory, but in percent! Also a lot of more, usefull infos ;)

EDIT: Ignore the Answer! OHM supports Memory Usage and not only this... You will get the Usage in Percent. The Memory Usage in Size is little bit tricky, but possible! I would give you the code, when needed!

EDIT #2: https://github.com/DarthDestroyer/openhardwaremonitor has implemented the Memory Usage in Numbers for Nvidia GPUs

Christbaum Schmuck

Posted 2010-07-05T20:41:21.243

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