bf4 ram problem

[ben dover kid]

gpu memory usage 2200MB(msi afterburner)

 

ram usage was 5381 MB on msi afterburner, task manager showed that bf4 was using about 2.5GB of ram

pagefile usage was ~7400MB   ... sooo.. when i turned off pagefile, my windows freaked out, shut all programs because i ran out of ram. currently i have 2 4GB sticks. should i just buy 16 or 32 Gb of ram and problem fixed?

[xDanielxOossiex]

What pc specs? What resolution?

[racer243l]

A usual issue of Battlefield 4, the memory leaking. 16GB is fine, haven't heard of anybody having issues with 16GB, 32GB is overkill

[Mira Yurizaki]

Don't turn off the page file. There's no reason to. If your RAM usage was 5381MB plus 2.5GB then yes, buy some more RAM.

[ben dover kid]

1 minute ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

What pc specs? What resolution?

i guess those are kinda irrelevant but here we go:

 

1440p, i5 4690k, gtx 970, 8Gb ram, and rest doesn't matter. good mobo tho.

[xDanielxOossiex]

How many players were on the server and what map were you playing on?

[ben dover kid]

4 minutes ago, xDanielxOossiex said:

How many players were on the server and what map were you playing on?

silk road, about 64 players. same thing with 32 players tho

[glitchmaster0001]

9 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Don't turn off the page file. There's no reason to. If your RAM usage was 5381MB plus 2.5GB then yes, buy some more RAM.

what the heck is the page file? 

[glitchmaster0001]

11 minutes ago, racer243l said:

A usual issue of Battlefield 4, the memory leaking. 16GB is fine, haven't heard of anybody having issues with 16GB, 32GB is overkill

i have 24GB so i guess the middle ground? 

[racer243l]

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

i have 24GB so i guess the middle ground? 

Troll ey? But seriously it just is an issue of Bf4 that never got fixed

[Guest]

Pagefile is a file in your c:/. Windows stores ram crap inside for some reason. (forgot the reason) Those pagefile files are usually just as big as your total amount of ram. No clue as why he turned it off, and I am even more suprised he got suprised that windows became unstable.

[glitchmaster0001]

4 minutes ago, racer243l said:

Troll ey? But seriously it just is an issue of Bf4 that never got fixed

no i do video editing and workstation applications on my machine as well as gaming but workstation comes first 

[ben dover kid]

2 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Pagefile is a file in your c:/. Windows stores ram crap inside for some reason. (forgot the reason) Those pagefile files are usually just as big as your total amount of ram. No clue as why he turned it off, and I am even more suprised he got suprised that windows became unstable.

thats windows utilizing hard drive space as a last resort ram. you can turn it off, but it's not really recommended. doesn't itself make OS unstable, only if you run out of ram

[racer243l]

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

no i do video editing and workstation applications on my machine as well as gaming but workstation comes first 

Oh well, never heard of 24GB RAM before. On a workstation 64GB or even 128GB RAM are often seen

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, racer243l said:

Oh well, never heard of 24GB RAM before. On a workstation 64GB or even 128GB RAM are often seen

thats because i have an older one with the triple channel memory thing. the CPUs are Xeon X5650s old and dirt cheap. 2 of them have the power of a single i7 5960x 

[Guest]

If it fits, it fits. I have had weard ram stick combos to. And currently even some stock pre-made computers are sold with 12 gb of ram.

[racer243l]

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

thats because i have an older one with the triple channel memory thing. the CPUs are Xeon X5650s old and dirt cheap. 2 of them have the power of a single i7 5960x 

Sounds decent, old Xeons are awsome for such builds

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, racer243l said:

Sounds decent, old Xeons are awsome for such builds

it does a surprisingly good job at gaming too 

[Enderman]

what the heck were you thinking?????!?!?

 

turn the page file back on immediately

[racer243l]

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

it does a surprisingly good job at gaming too 

I thought about such a rig, but getting a dual CPU mobo is either expensive as hell or just not possible because of the sockets, maybe in the future

[glitchmaster0001]

1 minute ago, racer243l said:

I thought about such a rig, but getting a dual CPU mobo is either expensive as hell or just not possible because of the sockets, maybe in the future

me too but when i went to my favorite used pc parts store i saw a supermicro dual socket 1366 board for just $25 i knew this build was going to come true! the downside is i think the DIMM slots are loose or something because sometimes i get memory related beep codes when i turn on the machine...

[racer243l]

2 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

me too but when i went to my favorite used pc parts store i saw a supermicro dual socket 1366 board for just $25 i knew this build was going to come true! the downside is i think the DIMM slots are loose or something because sometimes i get memory related beep codes when i turn on the machine...

I will keep looking around, if I get an oportunity I will accept the challenge Hm, that´s bad, but as long as it works it´s fine

[glitchmaster0001]

9 minutes ago, racer243l said:

I will keep looking around, if I get an oportunity I will accept the challenge Hm, that´s bad, but as long as it works it´s fine

Yeah the issue is just a bit annoying how i have to open my case and push on all the dimms to stop the beeping then in a week or 2 it happens again and rinse and repeat 

[racer243l]

1 minute ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

Yeah the issue is just a bit annoying how i have to open my case and push on all the dimms to stop the beeping then in a week or 2 it happens again and rinse and repeat 

Hm, maybe try and figure out a way of them being pushed down constantly... Don´t know how but I´m sure there is a way

[ben dover kid]

1 hour ago, Enderman said:

what the heck were you thinking?????!?!?

 

turn the page file back on immediately

i just tested it out. im not an idiot lol =) pisses me off because literally 8GB ram and exactly same 16GB ram cost about 8 euros more. i mean bull fucking shit. and then 32GB costs close to 200euros. what the fuck is that?