Anyway to get Steam to use less physical memory?

[kijib]

new update is costing me over 800 MB, almost as much as 12 Edge tabs, ridiculous!

screw this bloatware, man

[kijib]

today I had Steam open it used 50 MB, after a couple hours it shot up to 600 MB

is this some kind of memory leak?

[Ogami]

Client Settings - Library
Turn on " Low Bandwidth Mode", "Low Performance Mode", "Disable Community Content".
This will lower the memory requirements quiet a bit.

Originally posted by kijib:

today I had Steam open it used 50 MB, after a couple hours it shot up to 600 MB
is this some kind of memory leak?

No , thats just Chromium, the client acts like a Chromium browser, each page, forum ,thread and so on starts its own separate memory process which will add up over time.

[Rusty]

After doing these settings the client still uses between 380 and 800mb of RAM. It seems something is wrong with my client.

Update: It's at around 600mb while running a game. I'm not happy about this.

[kijib]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Client Settings - Library
Turn on " Low Bandwidth Mode", "Low Performance Mode", "Disable Community Content".
This will lower the memory requirements quiet a bit.

Originally posted by kijib:

today I had Steam open it used 50 MB, after a couple hours it shot up to 600 MB
is this some kind of memory leak?

No , thats just Chromium, the client acts like a Chromium browser, each page, forum ,thread and so on starts its own separate memory process which will add up over time.

I did those settings a long time ago, after the blue update, I can't imagine how high the memory will go if I turn those on

I miss the simpler client without all the bloat

[kijib]

Originally posted by -:

After doing these settings the client still uses between 380 and 800mb of RAM. It seems something is wrong with my client.

no it happens regardless, Valve is awful

[Ogami]

Originally posted by -:

After doing these settings the client still uses between 380 and 800mb of RAM. It seems something is wrong with my client.

Thats just the new client i am afraid. Between 400-800 MB seems to be the memory load no matter what of this new build.
It is what it is.

[Rusty]

Originally posted by Ogami:

It is what it is.

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by -:

Originally posted by Ogami:

It is what it is.

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

To play devils advocate, its 2023. I been on 32 GB of RAM for like 5 years now and plan to upgrade to 64GB soon. RAM is dirt cheap at the moment with a branded 32 GB kit available under 100 bucks in most stores.
With updates and new tech the system requirements for RAM usage will raise over time, it always happened.

So i am not too worried about a few hundred MB usage of the Steam client to be honest.
But i can also see how its bothersome to some users who have older systems or not much system RAM.

[Crazy Tiger]

The average now for me is around 650MB, which is a slight increase of the average 500MB that it was with the previous UI. So yeah, it slowly creeps up.

Originally posted by -:

Originally posted by Ogami:

It is what it is.

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

Then don't focus on the task manager and just play the games?

[kijib]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by -:

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

To play devils advocate, its 2023. I been on 32 GB of RAM for like 5 years now and plan to upgrade to 64GB soon. RAM is dirt cheap at the moment with a branded 32 GB kit available under 100 bucks in most stores.
With updates and new tech the system requirements for RAM usage will raise over time, it always happened.

So i am not too worried about a few hundred MB usage of the Steam client to be honest.
But i can also see how its bothersome to some users who have older systems or not much system RAM.

the vast majority of steam users have 16 GB or less, near 1000 MB is almost 1/16th which is absurd and there needs to be a simpler client for those who don't wish to waste, stop excusing Valve's bad practices

[dodo.]

Disable the animated Avatars and Profil-Banners in steam options.
This will safe memory.

[Iceira]

Use Steam small mode, i cant see any way out of this, a game launcher only mode

[Echamama]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by -:

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

To play devils advocate, its 2023. I been on 32 GB of RAM for like 5 years now and plan to upgrade to 64GB soon. RAM is dirt cheap at the moment with a branded 32 GB kit available under 100 bucks in most stores.
With updates and new tech the system requirements for RAM usage will raise over time, it always happened.

So i am not too worried about a few hundred MB usage of the Steam client to be honest.
But i can also see how its bothersome to some users who have older systems or not much system RAM.

This isnt about it being 2023, its about a game launcher taking a gigabyte of RAM. No launcher should take more than few hundred mb of RAM period.

[pagmails]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by -:

Then maybe my gaming days are coming to an end. I'm so tired. I just want to play.

To play devils advocate, its 2023. I been on 32 GB of RAM for like 5 years now and plan to upgrade to 64GB soon. RAM is dirt cheap at the moment with a branded 32 GB kit available under 100 bucks in most stores.
With updates and new tech the system requirements for RAM usage will raise over time, it always happened.

So i am not too worried about a few hundred MB usage of the Steam client to be honest.
But i can also see how its bothersome to some users who have older systems or not much system RAM.

No everyone in here lives in a "first world" (awful denomination) country.

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

Mine only use above 3,40-4 gb of ram when I'm using multiple tab windows and visiting community hubs like artwork sections or several profile with heavy effects. Idleing with main client open is 2,80-2,87 gb. Before this disgratefull update, talking about how bad I cannot scale large window anymore....memory usage idleing now before this update used to be 2,60 gb. So somehow is eating a little more. Hope does not use above 4 gb when surfing with several tabs opened.