My ram usage is very low in gaming even though i have 16gb of ram

Justine_5 · Oct 12, 2016

When i am playing games i noticed that i only use 2-3gb of ram (normally 2.5gb). So i went to youtube to check those games and they are running above 4gb of ram. Games like nba 2k17 tomb raider and witcher 3. And they average more fps than mine(despite having the same rig) is there any way to maximize my ram usage?

So my build is this
Cpu: i5-6600
Gpu: gtx 970 strix 4gb oc
Ram: 16gb gskill ddr4 2133
Windows 10 64bit

Colif · Oct 12, 2016

That is a good thing though, it means you PC doesn't need to use that much ram to run the games.

The differences could be in settings of the games themselves, the others might be running lower settings or different effects than you are. The true usage of the programs could be hidden in commits instead of ram, open up task manager and then the performance tab. Choose Open resource monitor from bottom and then in next window, choose memory tab and look at the commits as that shows how much of page file + ram is being used by each process

I normally use 4gb just sitting on desktop (that is with chrome open anyway) so your ram usage while playing a game is a bit low.

NBA 2k17 doesn't require much:

Recommended System Requirements below:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-670 3.46 GHz or AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz
RAM: 4 GB System Memory
GPU RAM: 2048 MB Graphics Memory
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 260X
DX: DirectX 11
Additional: Dual-analog gamepad

http://www.nba2k17world.com/nba-2k17-system-requirement/

tomb raider

Using High quality textures uses a lot less RAM. Please note that the Recommended Spec for the game is 8GB of system memory, and recommended is aimed at running at High settings, not Very High.

witcher 3

Recommended requirements:
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1). DirectX 11 is necessary to run the game.
Processor: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz, AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 or AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM: 6GB
Disk space: 40 GB

Witcher 3 should be using the most on your system

Justine_5 · Oct 12, 2016

Colif :

That is a good thing though, it means you PC doesn't need to use that much ram to run the games.

The differences could be in settings of the games themselves, the others might be running lower settings or different effects than you are. The true usage of the programs could be hidden in commits instead of ram, open up task manager and then the performance tab. Choose Open resource monitor from bottom and then in next window, choose memory tab and look at the commits as that shows how much of page file + ram is being used by each process

I normally use 4gb just sitting on desktop (that is with chrome open anyway) so your ram usage while playing a game is a bit low.

NBA 2k17 doesn't require much:

Recommended System Requirements below:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-670 3.46 GHz or AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz
RAM: 4 GB System Memory
GPU RAM: 2048 MB Graphics Memory
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti or AMD Radeon R7 260X
DX: DirectX 11
Additional: Dual-analog gamepad

http://www.nba2k17world.com/nba-2k17-system-requirement/

tomb raider

Using High quality textures uses a lot less RAM. Please note that the Recommended Spec for the game is 8GB of system memory, and recommended is aimed at running at High settings, not Very High.

witcher 3

Recommended requirements:
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1). DirectX 11 is necessary to run the game.
Processor: Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz, AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 770 or AMD GPU Radeon R9 290
RAM: 6GB
Disk space: 40 GB

Witcher 3 should be using the most on your system

Will try that later. Those youtube users that i mentioned actually ran it at max settings (usually ultra 1080p) and they are averaging more fps than mine like +10 to +20 fps

Colif · Oct 12, 2016

Perhaps they have overclocked their graphics cards

NDDU Julius BSIT · Oct 25, 2016

Or maybe your PC is using the integrated INTEL GPU not the NVIDIA GPU. I fixed that problem with my classmate. He has an ASUS (Dunno what specific model) with an Intel 4th Gen i7 and a dedicated NVIDA GTX 860M while I have an ASUS X456UQ (ROG Customized) Notebook with an Intel Core i5-6200U and a dedicated NVIDIA GT 940 MX.

Both of us played DOTA 2 (both are on Ultra graphic settings Full screen resolution and High performance power mode) yet he gets about an average of 54-63 fps while I had 60-102 fps.

To fix this, Right click on your desktop>NVIDIA Control Panel>Manage 3D Settings then set the preferred graphics processor to the high-performance NVIDIA processor...next go to Set PhysX Configuration and set PhysX processor to your NVIDIA GPU...hope this fixes your problem

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