How can I monitor video memory usage?
Solution 1:
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.
Solution 2:
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)
Solution 3:
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.