Is 4GB Ram causing FPS problems (GTA V)?

lukabl1 · Nov 13, 2017

Hello,
my GPU is AMD Radeon HD 6670
CPU is - Intel core i5-3570 3,4ghz (quad-core)
and i have 4gb of DDR3 ram.
On low settings i have around 60-80FPS but when im driving really fast, GTA stutters and it gets really laggy until i slow down :/
I read somewhere that this is because of 4GB of ram, so it uses like HDD as a virtual memory, which is not that great...
I belive that my windows is also using a little bit of a ram so 4gb of ram drops to like a 3,2gb or something? which is not great for gta v minimal req :/

Soo do i need to upgrade to 8gb of ram or what?

Thanks ^^

nitinvaid20 · Nov 13, 2017

Well the GTA V is High Performance System Game Which Includes The GPU CPU and RAM
and in your Case Ram is also a Issue but the GPU also weak then the CPU

You are running on Low or High Settings?

BudMaister · Nov 13, 2017

lukabl1 :

GTA V is quite a RAM eater XD And it tends to get more of it while playing. I have 32 GB of RAM and it arrives up to 14GB of RAM utilization while playing, according to MSI Afterburner. However, I play with a friend who has 8 GB of RAM and he can play fine. So yeah, if you can upgrade to 8.

lukabl1 · Nov 13, 2017

nitinvaid20 :

Well, i know that my GPU is bottlenecking CPU but i currently don't have enough money to buy GPU like GTX 1050ti

Im running on low settings and im just wondering will it fix if i upgrade it to like 8gb of ram?

lukabl1 · Nov 13, 2017

BudMaister :

lukabl1 :

GTA V is quite a RAM eater XD And it tends to get more of it while playing. I have 32 GB of RAM and it arrives up to 14GB of RAM utilization while playing, according to MSI Afterburner. However, I play with a friend who has 8 GB of RAM and he can play fine. So yeah, if you can upgrade to 8.

Soo its worth upgrading it to 8? Cause its only when im driving really fast, but when im walking, shooting, etc i get around 70-80 sometimes o go up to 95 fps

BudMaister · Nov 14, 2017

lukabl1 :

BudMaister :

Soo its worth upgrading it to 8? Cause its only when im driving really fast, but when im walking, shooting, etc i get around 70-80 sometimes o go up to 95 fps

I did notice an increase in RAM utilization exactly when driving really fast for long time. If you can, try to run MSI Afterburner and check if the RAM goes up and if that's the problem. If you game often, 8 gb of RAM will come in handy anyway.

Carnaxus · Nov 14, 2017

GTA V needs at least 8GB RAM to run well. The Radeon HD series isn't really meant for hardcore gaming, so upgrading that will help a lot as well.

parama3500 · Nov 14, 2017

Get RAMMap from Microsoft and repurpose RAM as you want.
Yeah, 4GB RAM is not enough even though stated at minimum requirements.
Get 6GB RAM and save up for a decent graphics card.
You can get a GTX 750 ti for about $50 used and with that you may play medium-high settings at 60+ fps.

Carnaxus · Nov 14, 2017

parama3500 :

8GB. GTA V will not run well with anything less, despite the "minimum" requirement being lower.

parama3500 · Nov 14, 2017

Carnaxus :

I play GTA V with 4GB of RAM and it runs at around 20-25 fps, but it 4 is not enough, when driftting the game freezes for seconds and come back to normal.
With that being set, 6GB of RAM is enough, you need 8 however to play at high settings.
8GB RAM and the HD6670 is overkill.

6 is the sweet spot.XD

lukabl1 · Nov 14, 2017

BudMaister :

Okay i ran MSI Afterburner and GTA V together.
When i first joined/started game while standing,walking my ram usage was like 3200mb but as i played it got up to like 3800mb and i saw my memory usage was also like 910mb.
It wasn't lagging/stuttering at first but when my ram usage to 3700+ than it started stuttering a little bit for example when crashing into objects while driving fast, and also i noticed that my sound sometimes like stutters..
soo is it because of a ram? will buying 2-4gb of ram help me?

Carnaxus · Nov 15, 2017

As I've been saying, in order for GTA V to run well you need to add at least 4GB RAM to your computer. Do you currently have one stick of RAM or two?

BudMaister · Nov 16, 2017

lukabl1 :

BudMaister :

Okay i ran MSI Afterburner and GTA V together.
When i first joined/started game while standing,walking my ram usage was like 3200mb but as i played it got up to like 3800mb and i saw my memory usage was also like 910mb.
It wasn't lagging/stuttering at first but when my ram usage to 3700+ than it started stuttering a little bit for example when crashing into objects while driving fast, and also i noticed that my sound sometimes like stutters..
soo is it because of a ram? will buying 2-4gb of ram help me?

Yes you got the empirical proof that your ram is limiting your experience. 8 will be good and you will notice also a better experience outside gaming. 4 gb for gta5 were "enough" before the biker's update, I noticed that the usage of all components went up significantly after that update. By the way, how were gpu and cpu usage? cpu should be more than enough and that gpu should be fine to play with certain settings. If you don't have plans to upgrade your system anytime soon go to 8 gb of ram and you will be satisfied.

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