Do I need 32GB RAM?

[Tesla]

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

[123]

Try to test the game with the benchmark program and see how much RAM does it consume.. Does it also crash if you lower your settings and set them for example on high?

[kgkong]

Originally posted by Tesla:

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

What game settings and resolution are you playing on?

Your issue might not be do to a lack of RAM capacity but might have more to do with the XMP profile it has set, but I wanna rule out your hardware config first and make sure you're playing within spec of the hardware (since you only have 16GB of memory, you can't get away with the high preset, you need to lower some game settings that will help reduce the RAM load such as textures for example).

But of course, more RAM will help when there's memory spillover as there will be less need to use virtual memory with more RAM capacity. The average user does seem to report about 18-22GB of RAM usage. If you can lower down how much RAM your system is using in game (run only Steam and TLOU) and change settings to reduce the load, and you're still having crashing issues then it's not an issue of not having enough RAM capacity.

[Silver]

Originally posted by 123:

Try to test the game with the benchmark program and see how much RAM does it consume.. Does it also crash if you lower your settings and set them for example on high?

The Last Of Us does not have a Benchmark program.

[123]

Originally posted by Silver:

Originally posted by 123:

Try to test the game with the benchmark program and see how much RAM does it consume.. Does it also crash if you lower your settings and set them for example on high?

The Last Of Us does not have a Benchmark program.

I know, I meant downloading the benchmark program something like MSI Afterburner and test with it

[kgkong]

Originally posted by 123:

Originally posted by Silver:

The Last Of Us does not have a Benchmark program.

I know, I meant downloading the benchmark program something like MSI Afterburner and test with it :engi:

That's not a benchmarking program. That's hardware monitoring and a GPU utility. It also comes with RivaTuner (optional install) that let's users run the On Screen Display (OSD) so you can see live what your hardware is doing.

Respectfully, please learn to use the appropriate terms for such software as this.

[acowsik]

Originally posted by Tesla:

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

16GB is the bare minimum on RAM now and 32GB is highly recommended. Some games will use up almost all your memory and will start to use your page file for swapping data. You better upgrade.

[123]

Originally posted by KingGorillaKong:

Originally posted by 123:

I know, I meant downloading the benchmark program something like MSI Afterburner and test with it

That's not a benchmarking program. That's hardware monitoring and a GPU utility. It also comes with RivaTuner (optional install) that let's users run the On Screen Display (OSD) so you can see live what your hardware is doing.

Respectfully, please learn to use the appropriate terms for such software as this.

Yupp, this was the one that I meant, I'm not that big of an expert in this area
But will know from now on! Cheers for reminding me :)

[Tesla]

Originally posted by 123:

Originally posted by KingGorillaKong:

That's not a benchmarking program. That's hardware monitoring and a GPU utility. It also comes with RivaTuner (optional install) that let's users run the On Screen Display (OSD) so you can see live what your hardware is doing.

Respectfully, please learn to use the appropriate terms for such software as this.

Yupp, this was the one that I meant, I'm not that big of an expert in this area
But will know from now on! Cheers for reminding me :)

Thank you. It must be best if it has Benchmark testing. :’)

[Catminz]

You should upgrade. Windows + a browser with a few tabs open consumses 8gb RAM easy. 16gb is not enough anymore.

[Tesla]

Originally posted by KingGorillaKong:

Originally posted by Tesla:

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

What game settings and resolution are you playing on?

Thank you. I tried 2560x1440 Ultra setting, the result is around 50 FPS. I ran other games, such as GTAV max setting 60 FPS, very stable and smoothly. So I think I will test it at high setting for a while.

[kgkong]

Originally posted by Tesla:

Originally posted by KingGorillaKong:

What game settings and resolution are you playing on?

Thank you. I tried 2560x1440 Ultra setting, the result is around 50 FPS. I ran other games, such as GTAV max setting 60 FPS, very stable and smoothly. So I think I will test it at high setting for a while.

Your CPU isn't that handy for modern gaming that requires a lot of CPU all-core usage. You only have a 12th gen 12400 model. That's 6 cores and 6 threads. You can play on higher graphic settings but you're CPU bound with those graphic settings and as such will have bad 1% lows. You wanna play on the high preset at best and but turn down Draw Distance for sure as you don't have a whole lot of room to parallel process tasks with that CPU. And lastly, don't multi-task anything. Only run Steam and the game.

Sorry I misread your CPU you were using originally and thought you said 12700 and not 12400.

[episoder]

32 GB are recommended for 1440p and ultra settings. the textures need alot of space. while 12 GB vram should be fine the texture manager can still run out of cache and crash.

gotta agree with kingkong that your cpu is borderline for 1440p. an 8 core with 16 threads is recommended to move all the big textures. this 6/12 should be able to handle all high textures and ultra everything else that is not cpu dependant. performance depends on how high it turboes, anyway. base clock is rather low. damn intel.

[Sholomar]

Originally posted by Tesla:

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

Should you have built that system with 32GB of system RAM? Yes. You can find 32GB kits about as cheap as they will get right now.

There's simply no reason for people to build computers with 16GB right now to save $30

https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232091

However, I disagree you need an 8 core CPU to play 1440P. Just upgrade the RAM for now and you will be fine. 12400 is not ideal because of low default clockspeeds more than anything, but I wouldn't upgrade yet... wait another generation at least. You're not going to get huge gains moving up to a 13700K using a 6750XT.

[BestCopperNoob™]

Originally posted by Tesla:

My 16GB RAM PC does 50 FPS at 1440P/Ultra setting but it crashes randomly after 10-20 mins playing. Will the game be more stable if I double the RAM? My spec: 12400, 6750 XT, 2x8GB 3200.

Use ram cleaner software.

[Just Chill]

According to zdoom you need 32 GB for a more stable experience.