how to dedicate more RAM to my GTX960?

[tom sharon]

I have an NVIDIA GeForce gtx 960 2 GB and I want to buy assassin's creed unity but the recommended memory for the GPU is 3 GB.
can I somehow dedicate some of my actual memory to the use of the GPU?
overclocking is also an option, if I will overclock the memory clock to 1000 MHz will it be enough?
thanks.

 

[RCFProd]

Overclocking is your only way.

The recommended amount of VRAM might be more, but the game will work regardless. Your framerates will just be lower probably.

VRAM can't be increased.

 

[SkyNetRising]

It will run with 2GB card also.
Some higher graphics quality settings might be unavailable.
http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/assassins-creed-unity/system-requirements

 

[tom sharon]

Overclocking is your only way.

The recommended amount of VRAM might be more, but the game will work regardless. Your framerates will just be lower probably.

VRAM can't be increased.

but will it be enough to have at least a smooth FPS?
and how much should i overclock?

 

[13thmonkey]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from tom sharon : "how much to overclock?"

I have an Intel i5 4690 3.5 GHz and i want to buy assassins creed unity, the recommended settings require an Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz or better.
how much should I overclock my CPU so it will reach roughly the same performance?
also which program should i use to overclock?
thanks.

 

[13thmonkey]

Merged as the questions are very interrelated.

 

[RCFProd]

FPS Will be below 60, it'll depend on the type of framerates you're looking for. Overclocking doesn't help much in Assassin's Creed games.

+ CPU can't be overclocked if It's an i7-3770. You need the K version and a Z series motherboard.

Limiting your game to 30 FPS is not an option in your eyes? Assassin's Creed Unity is just a poorly optimised game. It will only run great with high-end GPU's.

 

[tom sharon]

Merged as the questions are very interrelated.

ok, i suppose you are right

 

[13thmonkey]

FPS Will be below 60, it'll depend on the type of framerates you're looking for. Overclocking doesn't help much in Assassin's Creed games.

+ CPU can't be overclocked if It's an i7-3770. You need the K version and a Z series motherboard.

Limiting your game to 30 FPS is not an option in your eyes? Assassin's Creed Unity is just a poorly optimised game. It will only run great with high-end GPU's.

the recommend is the 3770, The current CPU also cannot be OC'd.

I'd just use it, the 4690 is in no way a weak processor, BUT unity was quite badly coded as I recall, you may need to turn the crowd density down? That's what i'm recalling as being the issue the AI-bot like activity of the crowds.

 

[tom sharon]

FPS Will be below 60, it'll depend on the type of framerates you're looking for. Overclocking doesn't help much in Assassin's Creed games.

+ CPU can't be overclocked if It's an i7-3770. You need the K version and a Z series motherboard.

Limiting your game to 30 FPS is not an option in your eyes? Assassin's Creed Unity is just a poorly optimised game. It will only run great with high-end GPU's.

i have an i5 4960 as stated and im pretty sure it can be overclocked
also are you sure i cant get ~60 FPS? even with overclocking?

 

[tom sharon]

FPS Will be below 60, it'll depend on the type of framerates you're looking for. Overclocking doesn't help much in Assassin's Creed games.

+ CPU can't be overclocked if It's an i7-3770. You need the K version and a Z series motherboard.

Limiting your game to 30 FPS is not an option in your eyes? Assassin's Creed Unity is just a poorly optimised game. It will only run great with high-end GPU's.

the recommend is the 3770, The current CPU also cannot be OC'd.

I'd just use it, the 4690 is in no way a weak processor, BUT unity was quite badly coded as I recall, you may need to turn the crowd density down? That's what i'm recalling as being the issue the AI-bot like activity of the crowds.

i cant OC my CPU?!
are you sure? i never knew 🙁

 

[RCFProd]

Oh, my bad. Thought the one you had was an i7-3770.

My point stands though, only Intel ''K'' codenamed processors can be overclocked.

K = Unlocked multiplier. For example, i5-4690k.

 

[13thmonkey]

How do you propose to OC it? you can't use multiplier OCing, so you are left with BCLK, which will only hit 103-105 before instability.

On skylake you have more freedom on BCLK, i'm 95% certain that this was not present in haswell.

 

[RCFProd]

BCLK OC is impossible with Haswell.

 

[tom sharon]

How do you propose to OC it? you can't use multiplier OCing, so you are left with BCLK, which will only hit 103-105 before instability.

On skylake you have more freedom on BCLK, i'm 95% certain that this was not present in haswell.

instability meaning the CPU crashing, freezing etc. or meaning serious damage?

 

[13thmonkey]

crashing, affecting read/write stability which could cause OS corruption. All peripherals on 4XXX series chips and earlier rely on the 100Mhz signal to keep in step, they can't cope with much more than 103, it's like the backbone of the whole system. So messing with it delivers small OC's and lots of risk.

 

[tom sharon]

crashing, affecting read/write stability which could cause OS corruption. All peripherals on 4XXX series chips and earlier rely on the 100Mhz signal to keep in step, they can't cope with much more than 103, it's like the backbone of the whole system. So messing with it delivers small OC's and lots of risk.

so no CPU overclocking for me

 

[13thmonkey]

NO

 

[RCFProd]

crashing, affecting read/write stability which could cause OS corruption. All peripherals on 4XXX series chips and earlier rely on the 100Mhz signal to keep in step, they can't cope with much more than 103, it's like the backbone of the whole system. So messing with it delivers small OC's and lots of risk.

so no CPU overclocking for me

No, like it was answered 4/5 posts ago.

 

[juanrdp]

I have an NVIDIA GeForce gtx 960 2 GB and I want to buy assassin's creed unity but the recommended memory for the GPU is 3 GB.
can I somehow dedicate some of my actual memory to the use of the GPU?
overclocking is also an option, if I will overclock the memory clock to 1000 MHz will it be enough?
thanks.

It's imposible to increase the VRAM of a discrete Gpu, have nothing to do with your normal ram (ouside some integrated gpus that use system ram as video ram).

Your only solution is to decrease the VRAM use, the most use of VRAM come from the resolution and the filter use, i woult not change resolution under the panel native one, but you could lower the filter quality or even do not use filters.

 

[tom sharon]

thank you all for answering!
i think i'l just use the game as it is and try to tweak the settings to get smoother framerates
thanks again.

 

[RobCrezz]

Try using Geforce Experience. I suspect they would have specific settings for 2gb cards so the vram isnt exceeded.

 

[Graptik]

Assassin's Creed Unity runs like crap on any system.

 

[tom sharon]

Assassin's Creed Unity runs like crap on any system.

that's just great to hear, really motivates me to buy the game XD