topic Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How are my GPU resources exceeded?

Marc_Graham — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:58:03 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to load a large multipatch into ArcGIS Pro. It was converted from a dwg that represents a ground surface with approx 230k faces. ArcGIS Pro will not draw the entire thing and shows an error about GPU resources exceeded, however looking at task manager this does not appear to be the case. Can someone from Esri please explain how this is calculated, and what we can do about it?

This confirms it is using the dedicated AMD graphics not the Intel chip:

Cheers,

Marc

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

DanPatterson — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:04:27 GMT

you saw this...

Graphics adapter resources—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

also check your Display Cache on the Project Backstage

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

Marc_Graham — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:10:02 GMT

Thanks for that Dan. It still doesn't explain why my GPU appears to be underutilised while ArcGIS Pro is reporting that GPU resources are exceeded. Unless something else that isn't reported in Task Manager is bottlenecking it.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

DanPatterson — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:18:07 GMT

It has come up before without any resolution except the one post (can't locate right now) that said clearing out the cache seemed to make the issue go away.

Some tools allow for setting GPU resources in the Environments settings but

Processor Type (Environment setting)—ArcGIS Pro | Documentation

that requires you know what actually is allowed to use the GPU and what doesn't

Perhaps @KoryKramer 's post on troubleshooting has more ideas.

Troubleshooting Performance Issues in ArcGIS Pro - Esri Community

but I can't say for sure.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

JeremyWright — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:40:54 GMT

Hi Marc,

My team owns this functionality - the warning occurs when you exceed certain counters in the graphics system. This metric varies based on reported capabilities of the GPU. If your GPU is not showing as highly utilized in Task Manager, you may have run into a bug specific to your GPU/Driver. Your screenshot doesn't show make/model nor driver version, so the first thing to try might be to update the driver to newer version.

Troubleshooting tips are available in the help - which is linked if you click on the warning as well, things like threducing draw distance and lowering rendering quality might help you display the data.

Any chance you can share with us your repro data? I can provide an ad-hoc file transfer account to use for transferring the data, or you can work with Support to report this as a bug and they can collect the data from you.

If you want to experiment, you can also try converting to scene layer using "Create 3D Object SCene Layer" tool, add the SLPK as a layer.

Regards,

Jeremy W.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

Marc_Graham — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:55:42 GMT

Hi Jeremy, thanks for the info. I am going to try updating my graphics driver to see if this helps. Also happy to send you the base data to see if you can reproduce the issue.

Cheers.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

Marc_Graham — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:37:44 GMT

I updated my graphics drivers to the latest release, however this did not help the problem. For reference I am using an HP ZBook 15u G6 with an AMD Radeon Pro WX3200 Graphics card. The same dataset that is causing issues on this PC rendered perfectly in ArcGIS Pro on a desktop with an Nvidia 2060 Super. Looks like an underpowered hardware issue.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

FrederikkeHansen — Sun, 02 May 2021 18:16:49 GMT

I am having the same issue. Did you ever find a solution for this?

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

JeremyWright — Mon, 03 May 2021 15:54:23 GMT

I got Marc's data and was unable to repro, but from my communication with him it was a hardware- or driver- specific issue with his GPU.

What are the hardware specs on your machine? You can use https://links.esri.com/run-arcgis-pro and take a screenshot of the readout and paste it here.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

FrederikkeHansen — Mon, 03 May 2021 16:11:12 GMT

Hi Jeremy,

I think clearing the cache worked in my case (at least I haven't seen the error message since), but I'm still having a lot of trouble regarding my GPU I think. I'm trying to visualize a voxel layer (maybe take a look at my recent community question for more details), and I can't make it work on my desktop, but I can see it on my much less powerful laptop. I've updated my GPU driver just last night, but to no avail. My next step is to try to reorganise my data, and see if that helps, or possibly look for an entirely different way to achieve my goals. Meanwhile, is there anything you could suggest to make sure my GPU is not the issue?

Thanks!

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

JeremyWright — Mon, 03 May 2021 16:19:21 GMT

OK glad clearing the cache fixed the problem with the excessive drawing popup.

Your machine should be more than capable of running Voxel layers, so I'm at a loss at what could be wrong there.

One thing to check is that you're using DirectX in display options - early releases that supported Voxel layerse didn't work with OpenGL - the Scene Layers team has fixed that in 2.7. Additionally the upcoming 2.8 release has some fixes for layout display of Voxel layers, and some were back-ported to 2.7.2, so make sure you're on the latest release to pick up these changes.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

FrederikkeHansen — Mon, 03 May 2021 16:53:42 GMT

Looks like I'm on version 2.7.1, so maybe that's part of the issue. I don't know whether my university will update the software anytime soon. Still, seems strange that I can at least see part of my data on my laptop, and not on my desktop.

Anyway, thanks for your time 🙂

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

JeremyWright — Mon, 03 May 2021 16:56:01 GMT

If you continue to have issues, might be good to get in touch with Esri support so they can more interactively troubleshoot.

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

DougBrowning — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:29:10 GMT

Did you ever figure this out? I was drawing time cubes fine a few weeks ago. Got a new machine and I cannot get Pro to use much of my GPU. I cannot even get anything to draw on the screen now. Tried two different computers and every setting and driver I can think of. i9, 64 GB or RAM, 32 GB video ram should be plenty. Second machine has a NVDA 5000 in it with 64 ram and 32 video ram also.

I does not seem to be culling at all. No matter where I zoom to it will start drawing the bottom left corner of the extent.

Not sure what changed on me. I did a few cool demos, people got excited, and now I am stuck.

And now it went black on me.

thanks a lot

Re: How are my GPU resources exceeded?

JeremyWright — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:30:57 GMT

Hi Doug, this is another case where interactively troubleshooting with Esri Support might help get you to an answer more quickly. The advice in the "GPU REsources Exceeded" help topic (it is linked from the notification) is a good starting point though.