Memory usage

[Nama the unalloyed]

My pc has 16 of ram and still ark is using 80% of it.

[𝔇ave]

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

[Nihil]

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

16 GB of ram is nothing to gloat about but yes, but is still waaaay more than enough you need for any kind of game.
OP wasn't "gloating". He was just saying that ARK is using up such a huge amount of ram. Which is a lot, yes.

[Nama the unalloyed]

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

So how much of memory I would need to play ark on a little decent way without being afraid of my computer exploding?

[Nama the unalloyed]

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

The guy tried hard to defend ark even if I didnt said anything wrong about it, I'm really just afraid that my hardware wont do it till I finish gen 2 :p

[zerassar]

16GB is fine as long as youre not running other memory pigs concurrently. Like say chrome...
But yeh 16GB is rather the budget entry level gaming PC atm.

32GB would be fine for the majority of gamers including headroom for other background apps like browsers etc.

I wouldnt stress about it too much yet. Just be mindful of how many apps you are running when you try to play demanding games like ark.

But the next time you're looking at upgrading, or getting a new PC, try to aim for 32 if you can manage.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Nama kun:

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

So how much of memory I would need to play ark on a little decent way without being afraid of my computer exploding?

Not that simple. Your other hardware factors. If you wish, go to the steam helo menu, click system information and then copy paste all that here so we can see what steam detects and how it may factor.

After all if your other hardware is below min reqs etc then it wont be much point for you to get more ram.

[Nama the unalloyed]

Originally posted by zerassar:

16GB is fine as long as youre not running other memory pigs concurrently. Like say chrome...
But yeh 16GB is rather the budget entry level gaming PC atm.

32GB would be fine for the majority of gamers including headroom for other background apps like browsers etc.

I wouldnt stress about it too much yet. Just be mindful of how many apps you are running when you try to play demanding games like ark.

But the next time you're looking at upgrading, or getting a new PC, try to aim for 32 if you can manage.

Thank you so much

[𝔇ave]

Originally posted by Nihilus:

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

16 GB of ram is nothing to gloat about but yes, but is still waaaay more than enough you need for any kind of game.
OP wasn't "gloating". He was just saying that ARK is using up such a huge amount of ram. Which is a lot, yes.

i never said he was gloating.. i said it's nothing to gloat about. like 10 years ago 16gb was gloatworthy since 8gb was the norm back then. 16gb is now the norm.

Originally posted by Nama kun:

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

yea? 16gb of ram is nothing to gloat about nowadays and is quickly becoming the minimum amount to have for modern games..

The guy tried hard to defend ark even if I didnt said anything wrong about it, I'm really just afraid that my hardware wont do it till I finish gen 2 :p

i wasn't defending ark. i have the same frustrations as everyone else who plays it. i've had my fair share of problems with it. heck i even rage uninstalled once. i don't white knight for the devs or their game. i was simply stating that in 2021 a new dlc as large as the one wildcard just released, 16gb is only just gonna scrape you through.

[Bunster]

nothing wrong with a game using most of your memory, that's why its there, to be used

[Liralen]

Just a data point, not a solution: My PC uses 14.1 GB of RAM while playing Ark, Genesis 2 map on an unofficial, dedicated server run by another player.

It uses 5.5 GB when Ark is not running. I'm only running the client (not Ark servers) with 5 mods (S+, CKF, CKFR, Awesome Spyglass, and Creature Finder Deluxe). There are only 2 of us playing on the server, the server operator and me, the server operator is on vacation, so just me at the moment, and the server is new (not a lot of dinos or structures yet).

But yet 8.6 GB of RAM is being used Ark. I'm fine with that, I have 64 GB.

The only advice I have for the OP is if your PC is old, adding more RAM could be expensive due to "legacy pricing" and you might be better off upgrading your CPU/MB/RAM and transferring the other components to a new build.

Hence the request by others in this thread for information about your system, since things like what I said above could affect the answer.

[123]

also dont worry about posting hardware specs, nobody in this thread has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clue what they are talking about. its a memory leak related to gen2. give it a few weeks and theyll figure out how to fix it lol.

[Liralen]

Originally posted by 123:

give it a few weeks and theyll figure out how to fix it lol.

How cute.

Edited Note: Although I would love it if you're right, it just doesn't reflect my experience with Ark.

[BluntForceTrauma]

Originally posted by 123:

also dont worry about posting hardware specs, nobody in this thread has a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clue what they are talking about. its a memory leak related to gen2. give it a few weeks and theyll figure out how to fix it lol.

Has it been confirmed by the devs that its a memory leak ?
I run a cluster and I can't add Gen2 atm due to the massive ram usage T_T

[𝔇ave]

hardly surprising the gen 2 map uses so much memory.. it is 4 times the size of crystal isles and about 12 times the size of the island.. and if i'm perfectly honest i think using at much ram as it does is quite acceptable. besides this is not the only game map of any game i have played that saturates 16gb of memory.

[123]

Originally posted by 𝔇ave:

hardly surprising the gen 2 map uses so much memory.. it is 4 times the size of crystal isles and about 12 times the size of the island.. and if i'm perfectly honest i think using at much ram as it does is quite acceptable. besides this is not the only game map of any game i have played that saturates 16gb of memory.

i hope you dont honestly think that the entire map and all its contents are kept loaded the entire time...