Ram Usage

[Circut]

Hey LTT,

 

    Recently I have been playing the game Arche Age, And I am enjoying it a lot, but i am having bad FPS because my Ram is capping out, I believe that i have enough ram, i have 8G of Ripjaw ddr3, so i was wondering if i just need more ram or if there was a way that i could make it run better.

[Cokeman]

You do not need more the 8gb of ram for games. Ram doesn't affect your FPS much at all. If you want it to run better upgrade your PC. What are your specs?

 

(This is something I find funny about younger builders they seem to think ram affects FPS they will ask you how much ram you have and I will say 8 then they will say my PC is going tp run games better because I have 16gb of ram. I saw a kid once who had a PC with a Athlon and a R7 250 and 64GB of ram and he was going around telling people wit i7s and gtx 780s that his PC was better because he had 64gb of ram.)

[Archangel1994]

Maybe close the 19847189074598017598718957 tabs of chrome you have open.

 

Post the rest of your specs.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Hey LTT,

 

    Recently I have been playing the game Arche Age, And I am enjoying it a lot, but i am having bad FPS because my Ram is capping out, I believe that i have enough ram, i have 8G of Ripjaw ddr3, so i was wondering if i just need more ram or if there was a way that i could make it run better.

 

Well technically, if your RAM caps out because of the game, then the game must be using and needing more RAM... maybe you have other processes in the background or somthing?

[Circut]

The only reason why i say this is because  when i look at task manager it show my memory at about 95 percent

 

 

Time of this report: 8/24/2014, 15:42:52
Machine name: DRAKE-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7752
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/28/13 09:56:55 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel® Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.9GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3548MB RAM
Page File: 2382MB used, 4710MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

[Circut]

I also have a gtx 770 so that should be sufficent

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

The only reason why i say this is because  when i look at task manager it show my memory at about 95 percent

 

 

Time of this report: 8/24/2014, 15:42:52

Machine name: DRAKE-PC

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: MSI

System Model: MS-7752

BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/28/13 09:56:55 Ver: 04.06.05

Processor: Intel® Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.9GHz

Memory: 8192MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 3548MB RAM

Page File: 2382MB used, 4710MB available

Windows Dir: C:\Windows

DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Edit: hmm a 770 should be fine, the game shouldn't be using 8 GB though...

[Cokeman]

I also have a gtx 770 so that should be sufficent

You do have your cable plugged into the 770 not you motherboard right?

[Circut]

You do have your cable plugged into the 770 not you motherboard right?

Yes i can run other games just fine.

[Cokeman]

Theres is something wrong with your PC because that is so above the required specs. Try reinstalling the game.

[Circut]

Would re installing change anything? it might just be a problem with my ram.

[kpsl808mg]

if you think it's the RAM, you should firstly check your RAM timinigs ( enough power? ) , you could check for failure with memtest, if you got 2 modules - run them seperatly, if you can get hand on other RAM ( friends with similar RAM specs) test your machine with those...

[werto165]

Memory leak? 

[Circut]

if you think it's the RAM, you should firstly check your RAM timinigs ( enough power? ) , you could check for failure with memtest, if you got 2 modules - run them seperatly, if you can get hand on other RAM ( friends with similar RAM specs) test your machine with those...

i will try running memtest, i just feel like running google chrome shouldnt use up 50% of my 8gigs

[Circut]

Memory leak? 

How would i check for a memory leak?

[kpsl808mg]

Maybe close the 19847189074598017598718957 tabs of chrome you have open.

 

...

 

 

..., i just feel like running google chrome shouldnt use up 50% of my 8gigs

 

 

picturethread! yeah browsers can be open floodgates sometimes...nothing out of the ordinary

[Circut]

The fact that you're using a 32bit OS is likely the source of your problem!

So download the 64bit would help?

[Circut]

if you think it's the RAM, you should firstly check your RAM timinigs ( enough power? ) , you could check for failure with memtest, if you got 2 modules - run them seperatly, if you can get hand on other RAM ( friends with similar RAM specs) test your machine with those...

666.5MHz on my timings

[Circut]

Running the memtest now

[Circut]

Okay I will do that thank use, reformatted my,computer about a week ago I guess I spaced that part.

[Faceman]

@Circut

 

I just started playing ArcheAge too, I fucking love it!  I am only using 4GB of RAM though, and that is with some other programs in the background.

[kpsl808mg]

The fact that you're using a 32bit OS is likely the source of your problem!

 

nah, in this case the minimum requirements for Arch Age are 2 Gigs of RAM..(although a 64 bit OS is advisable ^^)

 

666.5MHz on my timings

yeah, i meant by... say for a 'G.Skill RipJaws DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR3-1600'  the  'CL 9-9-9-24' timing...often RAMs need a tiny bit more 'volt-power' to function correctly... the auto detection is not always flawless

[kpsl808mg]

It doesn't matter if the requirements are only 2GB of ram, he still only has 4GB so he needs to install a 64 bit OS regardless...

in the matter of the game, it does...but like i wrote in the brackets, to use all of the ram or for better performance futurewise, i recommend your approach...

... Best to start at the simplest thing before going crazy with timings or anything.

my strategy for troubleshooting is the process of elimination; therefore i would check if the RAM is operated correctly by the BIOS...some RAM modules have to be adjusted manually ( but you know that already and i agree again with an aproach for a simple solution ^^)