Ram bottleneck?

[Effenbach]

ok so yesterday i was playing BF hardline with my new r9 290x - but kept getting smal fps once in a while with ultra settings , i went out to close down som programs , i noticed i used about 6gb of my 8gb of ram.

 

after i had closed skype and chrome and got down to a ram usage of 5gb i had no problems what so ever.

 

i just have 2 cheap 4gb sticks of crucial 1333 mhz . 

 

should i consider upgrading with either 2 4gb sticks more or just totally replace the old ones with some hyperx fury or something?.

 

[KayTees]

ok so yesterday i was playing BF hardline with my new r9 290x - but kept getting smal fps once in a while with ultra settings , i went out to close down som programs , i noticed i used about 6gb of my 8gb of ram.

 

after i had closed skype and chrome and got down to a ram usage of 5gb i had no problems what so ever.

 

i just have 2 cheap 4gb sticks of crucial 1333 mhz . 

 

should i consider upgrading with either 2 4gb sticks more or just totally replace the old ones with some hyperx fury or something?.

I doubt it makes much of a difference tho in gaming.

[Lolzious]

No, it must be something else causing it. I have a 280x, A8 5600k, and 8gb RAM and I get around 60fps on BF Hardline..

[Effenbach]

No, it must be something else causing it. I have a 280x, A8 5600k, and 8gb RAM and I get around 60fps on BF Hardline..

Hm , im running a  i7 2700k.

it couldnt be the HDD could it ? - shouldnt affect a whole lot when the game is loaded ?

 

i could try to go and do a clean windows install

[TorqueS]

Windows? 8.1, 7?

[Effenbach]

Windows? 8.1, 7?

8.1

[TorqueS]

Plain 8? Try upgrading to 8.1, as far as I recall, 8 had some absolutely stupid memory leaks going on..and I have experienced them with my old PC in 8. I've experienced leaks in 8.1 as well, but it was from the Killer NIC.

 

Check task manager and acces this tab:

 

If you have something similar in the non-paged pool area..then you've got a mem leak.

 

[Lolzious]

Hm , im running a  i7 2700k.

it couldnt be the HDD could it ? - shouldnt affect a whole lot when the game is loaded ?

 

i could try to go and do a clean windows install

Drivers all correct and up to date?

Could have been a bad internet connection too

[Effenbach]

Drivers all correct and up to date?

Could have been a bad internet connection too

drivers should be all fine - but you can really never really know ^^

internet have never been a problem so i doubt it

[FruitBasketSilex]

Plain 8? Try upgrading to 8.1, as far as I recall, 8 had some absolutely stupid memory leaks going on..and I have experienced them with my old PC in 8. I've experienced leaks in 8.1 as well, but it was from the Killer NIC.

Check task manager and acces this tab:

leak1.JPG

If you have something similar in the non-paged pool area..then you've got a mem leak.

Ram of Satan.

[Effenbach]

Plain 8? Try upgrading to 8.1, as far as I recall, 8 had some absolutely stupid memory leaks going on..and I have experienced them with my old PC in 8. I've experienced leaks in 8.1 as well, but it was from the Killer NIC.

 

Check task manager and acces this tab:

leak1.JPG

 

If you have something similar in the non-paged pool area..then you've got a mem leak.

im pretty sure i´ve downloaded the 8.1 upgrade - but i will check the nonpaged tool when i get home

[TorqueS]

 

Ram of Satan.

 

It's fresh ...i had that leak last night..thanks to the magnificent Killer NIC...which "boosts my ping in games for the best experience"...ah shut up and convert to AR8161 already.

 

 

im pretty sure i´ve downloaded the 8.1 upgrade - but i will check the nonpaged tool when i get home

 

Okay..but check it when stuttering appears.

[Effenbach]

No, it must be something else causing it. I have a 280x, A8 5600k, and 8gb RAM and I get around 60fps on BF Hardline..

how high is your gpu usage aprox.? mine is going a lot up and down

[Lolzious]

how high is your gpu usage aprox.? mine is going a lot up and down

Haven't checked.. but that sounds normal as long as its not going from like 90% to 15% and then back to 65% or something.