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ATI NVIDIA GET VRAM is a tool to show free VRAM when worling with CI (Aperture !) or OPenGL Apps.
Supported: ATI 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9600, 9700 , 9800, X1YYYY and all NVIVIA cards.
OpenGL is used in Quartz Extreme, CI, games and other apps like iTunes. It can show the values once or log the values in an logfile timercontrolled. The logging is very usefull to show VRAM usage over an longer time. So you can see how much VRAM is used by Aperture (can be more than 160 MB) or games. VRAM never gets "OFF" - ist like your real RAM, your gpu uses normal RAM (over
Supported: ATI 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9600, 9700 , 9800, X1YYYY and all NVIVIA cards.
OpenGL is used in Quartz Extreme, CI, games and other apps like iTunes. It can show the values once or log the values in an logfile timercontrolled. The logging is very usefull to show VRAM usage over an longer time. So you can see how much VRAM is used by Aperture (can be more than 160 MB) or games. VRAM never gets "OFF" - ist like your real RAM, your gpu uses normal RAM (over
What's New
Version 0.93:
- BUGFIX of V092: log report now OK, if no changes in VRAM values while logging. V092 didnt list any values if never vram usage changed
- new ATI 1600 / 1800 support
- new layout
- refreshes dock und window without logging enabled
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later, newer Videocard(s) (ATI/NVIDIA) with >= 32 MB VRAM.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later, newer Videocard(s) (ATI/NVIDIA) with >= 32 MB VRAM.
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ATI NVIDIA GET VRAM is a tool to show free VRAM when worling with CI (Aperture !) or OPenGL Apps.
Supported: ATI 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9600, 9700 , 9800, X1YYYY and all NVIVIA cards.
OpenGL is used in Quartz Extreme, CI, games and other apps like iTunes. It can show the values once or log the values in an logfile timercontrolled. The logging is very usefull to show VRAM usage over an longer time. So you can see how much VRAM is used by Aperture (can be more than 160 MB) or games. VRAM never gets "OFF" - ist like your real RAM, your gpu uses normal RAM (over AGP/PCI-E) as virtual VRAM if VRAM is getting low. But that RAM-VRAM swapping will slow down your OpenGL /CI speed much.
Supported: ATI 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9200, 9600, 9700 , 9800, X1YYYY and all NVIVIA cards.
OpenGL is used in Quartz Extreme, CI, games and other apps like iTunes. It can show the values once or log the values in an logfile timercontrolled. The logging is very usefull to show VRAM usage over an longer time. So you can see how much VRAM is used by Aperture (can be more than 160 MB) or games. VRAM never gets "OFF" - ist like your real RAM, your gpu uses normal RAM (over AGP/PCI-E) as virtual VRAM if VRAM is getting low. But that RAM-VRAM swapping will slow down your OpenGL /CI speed much.
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They give you the file in one by using the macupdate download link.
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This being said, OS X supports segmented disk images. Just man hdiutil and search for "segment". Since the application is Tiger-only, you can also make use of the new UDBZ image format, which uses bzip2 compression.
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allover nice concept.
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Anonymous reviewed on 12 May 2005
Open 1 window and hit refresh and TC is 141 and VRAM is 53.
Maybe that's just how graphics cards work, I don't pretend to know the inner workings of them, although I understood that each window under OS X is converted to a texture and rendered like that. Also amazing that 1 small window on screen takes 2MB of VRAM.
If you have Quartz Exterme (all GK above 16 MB have this) you see that 32 MB VRAM may get low, because some MB are gone, even no window is displayed (but you forget the desktop, also Textures / VRAM).
If you start the Chimera (giofx team, also developer of great itunes OpenGL visualizer) and use a scene (i like The Graal2 much) you see much more VRAM usage.
Your 53 MB will go down to 10-16 MB.
barefeats (goog mac test site) uses my simple tool to see that Apple Motion captures over 160 MB VRAM in some cases.
The Information of VRAM usage is not essential for life, but may understand how usefull much VRAM is - since Tiger gives us Core Image (9600 and above).
I think 256 MB VRAM will be good for getting real CI Power. 128 MB VRAM may be a bit to less VRAM if some bigger Aktions/ Pictures are done.
Also strange that it seems to use so many textures for 1 window
cheers
Anonymous reviewed on 12 May 2005
But the DL is an .sitx.
After DL you should rename it to .sitx (was .sitx.txt ?!)
Anonymous reviewed on 30 Aug 2004
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I can´t test/fix it without your ioreg file.
Start Terminal.
ioreg -l -w 1200 > ioreg.txt (-l means -smallL)
ioreg.txt is generated into home folder
Send ioreg file to me (iceguy@freenet.de). (stuffit if you want)
Also may very usefull to look into the systemprofiler / PCI/AGP to Videocard and tell me if one or dual display mode is running.
You will see this, if the VRAM is splitted to 2 cards.
Thanks
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Anonymous reviewed on 30 Aug 2004
1. ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9200
2. ATI Radeon 7000/7200/7500
Does #2 refer to the DVI port?
The previous release reported only 8500/9000/9200.
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You will see the card is splitted into two cards (each half VRAM of the card) in Systemprofiler.
If not ( i think so) try Version V072.
Maybe you downloaded my debug version (shows always your results) which i have uploaded by mistake. To many files in my Dev Folder ;)
Sorry, if thats happen.
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Start Terminal.
ioreg -l -w 1200 > ioreg.txt (-l means -smallL)
ioreg.txt is generated into home folder
Send ioreg file to me. (stuffit if you want)
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Logging: ATI Radeon X1600/X1800 - after initial values there will be only changes logged.
9:49:58 AM Logging stopped
Summary: Even with fast logging the values are only flashlights
VRAM MIN:999 MB
VRAM MAX:999 MB
VRAM AVG:-NAN(000) MB
A gigabyte of VRAM? I don't think so.
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Will be fixed in a few hours !