16GB RAM Isn't Enough

[Unfriendly Fire]

PSA, yo.

I bought it yesterday, started crashing in Hogwarts upon first arrival.

My PC is godly but I never got around to upgrading past the stock 16gb RAM it came with. Slapped another 16GB stick in this bad boy and no issues yet. 60 fps, no stutters, slowdowns, nothing of the like.

16GB is the bare minimum and if you're running anything else that'll hog even a tiny bit of RAM in the background..well, be warned. I've seen the game eat up to 24gb of RAM in some scenes. 32GB or bust for this game.

Might as well be time for all of us PC gamers to start considering 64gb the new standard.

[Skipper]

It's Just Boris님이 먼저 게시:

If in 2023 you don't have 32bg of at least DDR4 ram, you are seriously limiting your computers ability.

Really? Since when?

[Draxuss]

parent child bowl님이 먼저 게시:

Do you use a low VRAM NVIDIA GPU?

The correct question is "which gpu do you have?"

[Unfriendly Fire]

Skipper님이 먼저 게시:

It's Just Boris님이 먼저 게시:

If in 2023 you don't have 32bg of at least DDR4 ram, you are seriously limiting your computers ability.

Really? Since when?

Since about 2020 i'd say.

[Unfriendly Fire]

parent child bowl님이 먼저 게시:

Do you use a low VRAM NVIDIA GPU?

Eh, kinda. 3070 with 8GB VRAM. pretty mid, honestly. The rest of my setup is designed for as little bottlenecking as possible.

8-Core 12th Gen i7 CPU and yet Hogwarts is being CPU throttled. Damn Denovo.

[Fig]

I'm gonna throw this out here to see if it helps anyone. (I have 16GB of RAM also)
My problem was constant crashing after the hatting ceremony.
This solution got me through the entire cutscene without crash or stutter!

The problem with the game is its memory management, (or so it seems.)
You need to increase page file size in Windows.

To do this, type in Windows search bar SystemPropertiesAdvanced (may need to run as admin)
- You'll see the advanced properties page. . .click Settings where it says 'Performace'
- Click the advanced tab. . .Click change where it says 'virtual memory'
- Make sure the checkbox 'Automatically managing paging. . .' is NOT checked.
- Then, select 'system managed size' . . .click set and ok
- Restart your computer.

Best of luck!

(Make a note of the current settings before doing this. I'm only using these adjustments until I finish the Hogwarts game, and I'm not playing anything else. This can improve performance but may also decrease stability. Just to be aware. Prepare to revert changes if necessary.)

[cel]

i dont think id say a pc is godly with 16gb of ram

[Mother's Best Boy]

cel님이 먼저 게시:

i dont think id say a pc is godly with 16gb of ram

If it's running a brand new CPU and 4xxx GPU then yea kind of

Before this year there was no reason to go over 16gb of ram it just didn't matter in gaming

Now Hogwarts and Tarkov gobble ram up for no observable reason. I actually think Hogwarts might have memory leak issues

[Titan]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kKQMN_xzFmI&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

[CorbiDog]

BirdDinosaur님이 먼저 게시:

FreddieTheGreat님이 먼저 게시:

16GB is not bare minimum.
8GB is bare minimum. 16GB is recommended.
You should be able to run the game just fine on 16gb.

The issue is on Hogwarts Legacys side. As for me, it uses 1% of my gpu, Nvidia container uses 12% & 96-100% of my RAM is being used. Which is not normal.
When they recommend 16GB it's not like the game just straight up eats 16GB of ram. Thats not how it works. It will vary in usage & rarely if ever even go near 16GB. I've played far more resource intensive game than this. This just requires a performance patch.

are we reading the same steam system requirements? It clearly says 16gb for minimum specs

It says 16gb for minimum and recommended. The difference is gpu and the amount of VRAM.

[CorbiDog]

Eiswolfin님이 먼저 게시:

FreddieTheGreat님이 먼저 게시:

16GB is not bare minimum.
8GB is bare minimum. 16GB is recommended.
You should be able to run the game just fine on 16gb.

The issue is on Hogwarts Legacys side. As for me, it uses 1% of my gpu, Nvidia container uses 12% & 96-100% of my RAM is being used. Which is not normal.
When they recommend 16GB it's not like the game just straight up eats 16GB of ram. Thats not how it works. It will vary in usage & rarely if ever even go near 16GB. I've played far more resource intensive game than this. This just requires a performance patch.

Wrong, 16GB is the minimum, 32GB is recommended.

Nope

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 85 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred), HDD (Supported), 720p/30 fps, Low Quality Settings
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or INTEL Arc A770
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 85 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD, 1080p/60 fps, High Quality Settings

copy and pasted from the store page, looks like they just put the non ray traced.

[Sassy Robot]

I'm inclined to agree. Upgrading my RAM increased my performance dramatically. That said the game advertises as only needing 16GB of RAM. This is "Recommended." For it to run so poorly even while hitting that Recommended is inexcusable. And keep in mind I'm playing at 1080p with RTX off.

The game has issues, but "more RAM" does seem to be a reliable fix for many of us.

[Boxer]

Mr "My PC is godly", i'd like to inform you that 16GB of ram have been considered not enough for gaming a few years ago, guess you never had this issue as playing games on "godly" low settings is usually enough to avoid problems.

[Boxer]

FreddieTheGreat님이 먼저 게시:

16GB is bare minimum.

fixed that for you.

[Unfriendly Fire]

cel님이 먼저 게시:

i dont think id say a pc is godly with 16gb of ram

last year i would've said the same thing.

[Unfriendly Fire]

try this guys:

https://www.reddit.com/r/HarryPotterGame/comments/10zeh67/pc_performance_tips_this_got_rid_of_low_fps_dips/

"Enable hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (I had turned this off because it caused issues in another game, I can't remember which one). Windows search for "GPU" to find this setting, a restart is required.

Navigate to "AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor" and backup "Engine.ini". Add the following to the bottom of the file and save it:

[SystemSettings]

r.bForceCPUAccessToGPUSkinVerts=True

r.GTSyncType=1

r.OneFrameThreadLag=1

r.FinishCurrentFrame=0

r.TextureStreaming=1

r.Streaming.PoolSize=3072

r.Streaming.LimitPoolSizeToVRAM=1



[ConsoleVariables]

AllowAsyncRenderThreadUpdates=1

AllowAsyncRenderThreadUpdatesDuringGamethreadUpdates=1

AllowAsyncRenderThreadUpdatesEditor=1"

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