VRAM leak

[Knight]

Hey guys, so recently I've been seeing this warning message on the top-left of the screen after a couple of hours or so, "The game is running low on video memory", I've been replaying the game and haven't had much time to play this on this system so it makes sense why I'm seeing it now. The funny thing is I used to play RDR2 on a GTX 1050 ti 4GB, 720p 40FPS, low-med settings all night, I've 100% the game on that card and now I've got a GTX 1660 ti 6GB, med-high settings at native 1080p60 and I'm getting this warning now?

The VRAM isn't even maxed out, according to MSI afterburner, the memory just keeps climbing and climbing then I get the warning at 5.9GB, then there's God of War and Days Gone which actually push the VRAM to the whole 6GB and there's no warning or crashing.

I'm suspecting some update caused this with RDR2 and most likely there's some community tweak to get around this. If you guys could help me out with this, I'd appreciate it.

[rekt0ro]

I had vram leak as well on Vulkan api with my rx 6800xt, switching to DX12 fix it for me and tbh I get better fps than vulkan ig dx12 works better in this game on amd gpus unlike nvidia!

[Knight]

DX12 had a horrible stutter for me, I had to enable async compute in the config file to fix that, after that it also has broken effects, smoke would flicker sometimes, cigerettes, campfire even gun smoke and fire would flicker badly too, switched to vulkan after seeing all that.

The game hasn't crashed but seeing that huge warning every few seconds is just a turn off for me and I really don't wanna buy the game again on PS5.

[PowerofWill]

Originally posted by Knight:

DX12 had a horrible stutter for me, I had to enable async compute in the config file to fix that, after that it also has broken effects, smoke would flicker sometimes, cigerettes, campfire even gun smoke and fire would flicker badly too, switched to vulkan after seeing all that.

The game hasn't crashed but seeing that huge warning every few seconds is just a turn off for me and I really don't wanna buy the game again on PS5.

and why should you. it runs in awfull 30fps on ps5.

[Knight]

Originally posted by PowerofWill:

Originally posted by Knight:

DX12 had a horrible stutter for me, I had to enable async compute in the config file to fix that, after that it also has broken effects, smoke would flicker sometimes, cigerettes, campfire even gun smoke and fire would flicker badly too, switched to vulkan after seeing all that.

The game hasn't crashed but seeing that huge warning every few seconds is just a turn off for me and I really don't wanna buy the game again on PS5.

and why should you. it runs in awfull 30fps on ps5.

To avoid drama like this, social club, technical issues and so on. I just wanna enjoy the game in peace.

[SchredZ]

Howdy,

Sometimes deleting api cache files will solve issues like this.
Api cache files are located here:
C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive\Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings
Delete all files contains sga in it for example:
sga_vulkan_final_init.vkPipelineCacheHeaderWindows
sga_win32_60_final_init.d3d12PipelineCacheWindows
etc...

Once you done it launch the game and run the in game benchmark so you won't encounter stuttering during gameplay because of creating new cache files, if still there was stuttering during your gameplay it's normal and temporary.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If you use Cloud Backup apps, configure it to NOT backup Documents or AppData folders; period. Put important stuff some place else and set to backup those folders.

[Knight]

Originally posted by Vultazh:

Howdy,

Sometimes deleting api cache files will solve issues like this.
Api cache files are located here:
C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive\Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings
Delete all files contains sga in it for example:
sga_vulkan_final_init.vkPipelineCacheHeaderWindows
sga_win32_60_final_init.d3d12PipelineCacheWindows
etc...

Once you done it launch the game and run the in game benchmark so you won't encounter stuttering during gameplay because of creating new cache files, if still there was stuttering during your gameplay it's normal and temporary.

I think this one did the trick, man. Thanks.
Cleaned the files then ran the benchmark twice, it's not exceeding the estimated usage 4.3gb anymore.

[Knight]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

If you use Cloud Backup apps, configure it to NOT backup Documents or AppData folders; period. Put important stuff some place else and set to backup those folders.

Yeah precisely why I don't use cloud, it might mess with crucial files and cause conflict.

[★ GallowDancer]

It's a bug/error. If you go to Nexus mods, there is a mod on there (well it's an asi file) that disables the warning from showing. However I am not 100% sure if you can play online with it. I would say maybe give that a try. There is also a mod on nexus that lets you disable singleplayer when playing online.

[Knight]

Originally posted by ★ Big Fungus:

It's a bug/error. If you go to Nexus mods, there is a mod on there (well it's an asi file) that disables the warning from showing. However I am not 100% sure if you can play online with it. I would say maybe give that a try. There is also a mod on nexus that lets you disable singleplayer when playing online.

Everything's working fine now, I'll look into that mod if I get that warning again in sometime later, if it's an issue with the cache, it might happen again in a few days.