Intel B580 | Vram/power/frame issues with DX11 titles (DayZ, GTAV Legacy)

[iTSgENESIX]

I am having an issue with playability with DayZ and GTAV Legacy. The problem is as follows:

When starting up the game, everything will be fine. GPU will be at 100% usage, and starts anywhere around 4-5k VRAM usage, and around 130W power consumption. after about 10 minutes of playing, I will notice that VRAM usage will be around 11GB of usage (12GB total). This is where i start to notice issues such as slight wattage and frame drops, and as a side effect, GPU temps start to drop a little.

A few minutes after this, the card will start to allocate VRAM over the cards max, and will keep climbing. During this, the following issues are as follows:

     GPU Wattage drops from 130 (+\- 5), down to 70-90

     GPU Temperature drops from 60, down to 40-50 (not exactly an issue)

     GPU VRAM usage will pin at 11.7-11.9GB of the 12GB total, and start to use shared memory ending up at a total usage of over 15GB

At this point, the game drops down to 10-30 FPS. The games will start at well over 100 FPS. If I Leave it long enough, it will eventually hit 1 FPS.

My system specs are as follows:

•      CPU: Ryzen 7600
•      RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo @6000MHz CL30
•      MOBO: Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX (Rev 1.0)
•      SSD: MSI M480 Pro M.2
•      GPU: Intel Arc B580 SE
•      PSU: MSI A850GL
•      OS: Windows 11 Pro x64

I have checked that the following is true:

•      Resizeable BAR is enabled
•      PCIEX16 is running Gen 4
•      Driver is up-to-date (32.0.101.6647)
•      Power plan is set to high performance
•      UEFI boot mode is active
•      8-Pin cable is properly seated
•      GPU properly seated in PCIEX16 slot
•      DDU was used in safe mode to remove all nvidia drivers
•      Fresh install of Windows was performed.

Games that run DX12 such as World of Tanks, War Thunder, Delta Force, Arena Breakout all run fine.

any additional info needed I am willing to provide

Thank you.

[Ernesto_C_Intel1]

Hi @Nosfer, 

Thank you for posting with Intel Communities and for sharing your findings. I'll make sure to take note of it. 

Since you are also encountering this issue, it would be best if you create a separate thread focused solely with your issue. 

Regards, 

Ernesto C. 

Intel Customer Support Engineer

[Ernesto_C_Intel1]

Hi @iTSgENESIX, 

I have not received a response to my previous communications, I will be closing this case.

Please rest assured that Intel is actively working to address any outstanding issues and improve our processes.

If you wish to continue our investigation, please create a new thread or contact Intel Customer Support directly

Regards, 

Ernesto C.

Intel Customer Support Engineer

[freeride]

Same here and see https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-ARC-Graphics/Intel-Arc-B580-VRAM-Overflow-in-DayZ-VRAM-Leak/td-p/1694023