Only 6 gb of my 16 gb ram is being used

[gabrielvis8]

 

 

[RGProductions]

yes. That means the rest of your ram is free to do whatever.

[The Sloth]

whats the question? 

[done12many2]

9 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

whats the question? 

 

He was just letting us know in case we were wondering. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, done12many2 said:

 

He was just letting us know in case we were wondering. 

 

 

[Guest]

ok thanks

[HunterSkater429]

It would be a problem is all 16 was being used all the time 

[HelplmChoking]

Uhh thanks for the info? Another post with no context, discussion or question at all... What is this forum coming to?

[gabrielvis8]

18 minutes ago, RGProductions said:

yes. That means the rest of your ram is free to do whatever.

no i mean i cant use it ever even when playing games it only maxes out at 50%

[gabrielvis8]

18 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

whats the question? 

i cant use the other 8 gb even when playing games

[RGProductions]

1 minute ago, gabrielvis8 said:

no i mean i cant use it ever even when playing games it only maxes out at 50%

 

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

i cant use the other 8 gb even when playing games

That means they don't need any more ram.

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

i cant use the other 8 gb even when playing games

 

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

no i mean i cant use it ever even when playing games it only maxes out at 50%

Probably because the game doesn't need that much RAM? What games are you playing? You shouldn't max out 16GB while gaming.

[gabrielvis8]

Just now, Rangaman42 said:

 

Probably because the game doesn't need that much RAM? What games are you playing? You shouldn't max out 16GB while gaming.

overwatch

[gabrielvis8]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

overwatch

i even use emulators like cemu which need alot of ram and it only uses 50%

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

overwatch

Overwatch definitely won't use it all. You're fine, there's no problem at all.

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

i even use emulators like cemu which need alot of ram and it only uses 50%

16GB is a lot of RAM, you won't max it out in normal or gaming use.

[gabrielvis8]

2 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

Overwatch definitely won't use it all. You're fine, there's no problem at all.

soo why are my games lagging

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

soo why are my games lagging

I wouldn't know, what are your PC specs?

[Phate.exe]

1 minute ago, gabrielvis8 said:

i even use emulators like cemu which need alot of ram and it only uses 50%

Overwatch will pretty much run fine on a laptop with 4 gigs of ram.

 

The only game I've actually seen use more than 8 gigs (and the entire reason I went from 8 to 16) was Just Cause 3.

 

If you're really worried about not seeing more than 6 gigs of ram in use, just open a bunch of Google Chrome tabs.

[gabrielvis8]

Just now, Rangaman42 said:

I wouldn't know, what are your PC specs?

very bad gtx 860 m 16 gb ram i7 3.4(Which only uses half wats the point of adding all of this power then)

[HelplmChoking]

Just now, gabrielvis8 said:

very bad gtx 860 m 16 gb ram i7 3.4(Which only uses half wats the point of adding all of this power then)

Well there's your problem, the 860m is very low end and will be why your games aren't running well. 

[gabrielvis8]

5 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said:

Well there's your problem, the 860m is very low end and will be why your games aren't running well. 

yes why msi put soo much ram and cpu power but such a bad gpu is really crazy but i was getting 120 fps yesterday and now i get 90fps with a lot of shuttering on ow

[gabrielvis8]

7 minutes ago, Phate.exe said:

Overwatch will pretty much run fine on a laptop with 4 gigs of ram.

 

The only game I've actually seen use more than 8 gigs (and the entire reason I went from 8 to 16) was Just Cause 3.

 

If you're really worried about not seeing more than 6 gigs of ram in use, just open a bunch of Google Chrome tabs.