Is someone playing with 8GB RAM?

[deevil]

Is someone playing with 8 GB RAM without lags? I have 8GB RAM and game freeze every 10-20 seconds. Is there any way to solve this problem?
PC Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 2200g
RAM: 8Gb
Video: rx470 4gb
Also game installed on HDD, not SSD.

[FrankyFourFingers]

Full system specs, please. Also it's probably your video card, not your ram.

Most gaming PCs now come with 12GB of ram or faster.
With at least 6GB video card.

But 8GB of RAM paired with a 4GB video card should work.

[Unit .49 ((]

i used to play with 8GB DDR 3 ram wit old Phenom2 x4 925 had 24-40 fps and freezes just like you so i changed RAM to DDR 4 wit 16GB and new CPU . problem solved even without new videocard

[FrankyFourFingers]

Set your default video settings to lowest and minimize your dead body despawn time.
Also disable game analytics in your gameplay settings. (you're running the absolute minimum to get this game in playable status, so wouldn't count on fancy settings being smooth)

Other than that. You would need a hardware upgrade in this priority:
1. SSD Harddrive (Because this boost general read/write performance)
2. 6GB video card or higher. (This will allow higher video settings)
3. 12GB ram or higher. (This will free up additional memory in case of unexpected things like memory leaks)

[FrankyFourFingers]

If you want to be extremely frugal, clean up excess garbage programs that are eating up your system resources in the background. And do a fresh reinstall of the game, to clear up bad cached files.

[deevil]

I think this lags because of RAM. Ingame RAM usage 7.7GB. So, i need to buy one more 8GB stick. Maybe it helps.

[Barley_Mob]

Yea man, make sure they're compatible with each other and your mobo and go get it! Decent RAM, especially a single 8Gb stick can be had for pretty cheap these days, so you are in good shape!

[deevil]

The cause of lags was Windows page file. It was set to 10GB. I selected option "System managed size" and it helps. Game is still freeze, but much less

[Parasol]

Do you have 1x 8Go RAM or 2x 4Go RAM ?

Dual channel can really help with stability, you need 2 RAM sticks for that.

[deevil]

Originally posted by Parasol:

Do you have 1x 8Go RAM or 2x 4Go RAM ?

Dual channel can really help with stability, you need 2 RAM sticks for that.

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[Parasol]

Use CPU-Z, click on "Memory" : if you see "Channel # Dual", then you're good.
Check if your RAM isn't full during gameplay : if it is, one more 4Go RAM stick can help.

Having a SSD will surely help you, probably more than upgrading your RAM.

You can also check my guide, it can potentially help you with the stutters.

[deevil]

Originally posted by Parasol:

Use CPU-Z, click on "Memory" : if you see "Channel # Dual", then you're good.
Check if your RAM isn't full during gameplay : if it is, one more 4Go RAM stick can help.

Having a SSD will surely help you, probably more than upgrading your RAM.

You can also check my guide, it can potentially help you with the stutters.

Memory works in Dual Channel. Ingame RAM usage is 7.4.-7.8GB. So i definitely need to buy 4 or 8GB stick of memory.

[deevil]

Originally posted by huma474:

If the windows page file was causing your issues that means that your system was running out of ram, the page file only gets used when the OS can't put more things into RAM. Getting an SSD, even a smaller 250 - 500G one, to place your OS and that page file on to will have the most dramatic improvement for your performance if you can't upgrade your system's RAM since that will allow the OS to use your pagefile faster. There's also the potential to improve your game experience as well by putting the game on your HDD and your OS on an SSD - by putting your OS on a different drive than the game your harddrive can focus on just doing 1 thing rather than loading and unloading normal OS files constantly as well as the game files.

Also, if you are looking to upgrade your RAM you should look at either getting 2 8G sticks to replace both of your 4G ones or getting 2 more 4G sticks to help fill out the other slots on your motherboard (if you have extra slots available). Adding an additional 1 8G stick in between your existing 2 4G sticks may result in some instability or slowness as your motherboard works between them, especially if the 8G stick has different speeds or timings from your current RAM.

Thanks for information. Maybe i'll buy same kit of 2x4GB memory.

[deevil]

Originally posted by huma474:

some other things to keep in mind as well if you wanted to plan for some other potential upgrades on a budget, because you're using an AMD processor in your system you can also look at upgrading things like your processor without needing to change your motherboard - getting a 3200G or a 2600 would give your system more CPU speed to play with. Getting a Ryzen 5 chip (the 2600 or 2600x) would probably be best since you're using a dedicated graphics card. the G in the chip name for a 2200G means it has a built in GPU on the chip that you're not really using when you've got access to a graphics card.

Getting an Nvidia 1650 or 1660 Super would be a large upgrade for your graphics card as well and are both very reasonably priced cards right now (between 180 - 250 USD on newegg when I look right now)

But overall - getting an SSD would definitely be a really good investment for your system, having it to place your OS on is one of the greatest performance boosts you can give your PC for a relatively low cost these days (newegg has several 250 and 500G drives for under 60 - 70USD, going lower than 250G isn't really helpful if you're going to put your OS on the drive).

Thinking about Ryzen 1600 or 2600. There is no sense in buying 3200g, because this processor is almost the same as 2200g.

[Barley_Mob]

Just got a Ryzen 7 2700x for insanely cheap, $200 CAD...this deal was across all major retailers up here, so perhaps you can still find something like it....purrs like a kitty.

[AKOOMA]

I dont think its anything to do with ram. Your entire pc is not really capable of playing a game like this.

Your cpu is terrible and your gpu is not much better.