Mysterious VRAM 12GB super usage. This is getting ridiculous.

[n7magistrate]

I've got a 4070ti with 12 GB VRAM, most of the times I'm between 11 and 12 GB usage.

I temporarily disabled:

- Grass Cache

- Lodgen Output

- Parallax Output

- TexGen Output

- Dyndolod Output

- All Hairs mods, Body mods, Skin mods and what not

Then I started to disable mods in blocks:

- Landscape Texture

- Mountain Textures

- Armor/Weapons

- Cities/Towns Overhauls

That didn't change much. It seems I'm unable to drop under around 10 GB VRAM usage while in ANY exteriors.

What the hell could it be?

This is my LO: https://loadorderlibrary.com/lists/n7mafia-2#plugins.txt

[7531Leonidas]

I don't remember exactly what gets baked in with a game save, did you try starting a new game?  You could also make sure that uGridstoLoad has not been set to a higher value than default by a mod, and that the graphics settings in the game launcher have likewise been set to default values.