Excessive memory usage during games

NipperWinkle

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Dec 31, 2015
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I have been playing games fine for a long time, but just recently they have all been choppy and unplayable.

On task manager when I am just idle on the desktop, CPU usage is around 10% and memory usage is around 20%.

When I was loading up a game, the CPU usage was around 96% and the memory was about 40%.

During the game, when I could move around but it was slow and choppy, the CPU usage was around 17% and the memory was around 85%.

What do I do?
 

NipperWinkle

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Dec 31, 2015
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4,510

I have 8 GB of RAM. The game I played while looking at task manager was ARK: Survival Evolved, but every game I try does the same thing.