can faster RAM help with VRAM leaks?

[Konk]

been noticing some frame drops from VRAM leaks, if i got faster RAM would it improve the frame drops?

[potato]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/4364625713976913305/

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[Iron Knights]

Eliminate V-Ram leaks through better optimization of Bios/OS/Drivers/Game, faster may lead to more leaks and you would be replacing the GPU.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It might also have to do with WinOS PageFile. The default left on auto usually means not enough to use as VRAM swap. Also in NVIDIA Control Panel there is a System RAM Fallback option which you should enable

[The_Abortionator]

Originally posted by Iron Knights:

Eliminate V-Ram leaks through better optimization of Bios/OS/Drivers/Game, faster may lead to more leaks and you would be replacing the GPU.

Faster RAM would in fact not lead to more leaks. That makes ZERO sense.

[The_Abortionator]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

It might also have to do with WinOS PageFile. The default left on auto usually means not enough to use as VRAM swap. Also in NVIDIA Control Panel there is a System RAM Fallback option which you should enable

VRAM does NOT get swapped. Period. Where are you children getting these ideas?

[The_Abortionator]

No, faster RAM will do nothing.

Lowering in game settings like resolution and texture settings will be the biggest contributors to lowering VRAM usage. AA and RT also increase VRAM usage.

Honestly the biggest factor would be a new card.

[Thermal Lance]

Originally posted by The_Abortionator:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

It might also have to do with WinOS PageFile. The default left on auto usually means not enough to use as VRAM swap. Also in NVIDIA Control Panel there is a System RAM Fallback option which you should enable

VRAM does NOT get swapped. Period. Where are you children getting these ideas?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Swap_on_video_RAM

Maybe that's what he means.

[A&A]

I already aswered, but it looks like OP deleted the post.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/11/4364625713976913305/

VRAM leaks can only be fixed by software patching, wherever the cause of the problem is.

If you are experiencing texture paging, where textures are loaded into RAM and not used for rendering until needed, or if your GPU is using both its dedicated video memory and shared system memory when VRAM runs low, faster RAM should improve the performance. If you're running a Ryzen CPU, you really want to have a faster infinite fabric speed too.

[andreasaspenberg575]

faster ram is unlikely to help but, more ram might help. here is the thing: the system uses the ram to compensate once the vram gets full. if you run out of both however, then you are in trouble. some games just crash when that happens, while others runs slowly.

[A&A]

Originally posted by andreasaspenberg575:

faster ram is unlikely to help but, more ram might help. here is the thing: the system uses the ram to compensate once the vram gets full. if you run out of both however, then you are in trouble. some games just crash when that happens, while others runs slowly.

He hasn't complained about the game crashing yet, we don't know his specs. If he has 64GB, how 128GB will help?

[A&A]

Originally posted by smallcat:

GDDR6 with 384 bit memory bus has a bandwidth of 768GB/s . DDR 4 3200 MT/s dual channel max bandwidth - 51.2GB/s . So if the GPU needs system RAM for its direct needs we could see stuttering .

Also put the bandwidth limit of 32 GB/s via PCIe 4.0. ;)

[Konk]

Originally posted by The_Abortionator:

No, faster RAM will do nothing.

Lowering in game settings like resolution and texture settings will be the biggest contributors to lowering VRAM usage. AA and RT also increase VRAM usage.

Honestly the biggest factor would be a new card.

been trying to max out cyberpunk at 1080p with a 4060 ti 8gb. honestly handles it pretty good, getting 70-80 fps like 90% of the time. a few slow downs here and there, obviously from the fact im running it on 8 gb of vram. just curious if normal ram specs could smooth things out.

thanks for the help anyways.

[[☥] - CJ -]

8GB VRAM is only an issue if that amount is actually being fully utilized.

And in case you didnt know SOME games actually utilize the full available amount even if the game doesnt actually need it, as i dont have CP im not sure if its one of those games that does that.

just something to consider

With that said, VRAM is much faster than system RAM in general, so while it could TECHNICALLY help having faster RAM to pick up the slack when Shared Memory comes into play, it isnt likely to make a noticeable difference.

But again, that would only ever happen in instances where a game is utilizing the full amount of a GPUs VRAM.

[The_Abortionator]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

8GB VRAM is only an issue if that amount is actually being fully utilized.

And in case you didnt know SOME games actually utilize the full amount even if the game doesnt actually need it, as i dont have CP im not sure if its one of those games that does that.

just something to consider

Theres no need to be "well technically..." about this. 8GB is flat out unacceptable for cards even targeting 1080p (which the AMD counter parts do just fine at 1440p and even some 4k so even if 1080p worked fine at 8GB thats not remotely acceptable as an excuse at this price point).

People were talking about buying 30 series cards over AMD to "future proof" their rigs for the up coming "everything will magically require RT" event that never actually happened and won't yet ironically the 6000 cards from AMD out lasted the 30 cards and even gotten faster at both raster and RT due to updates while the 30 cards didn't.

[[☥] - CJ -]

8GB is only EVER an issue for games that actually benefit from More, that being Graphically intense OR unoptimized.

For MOST games 8GB is Plenty.

Yes More would be better to have, but it is what it is. Go AMD if you want more VRAM, that simple.