Memory full?

lazieb · 5 Jan 2016 at 22:06

I've been playing GTA V for a while now, have around 10 hours clocked on it for PC. Recently it's been crashing a lot and also giving me pop-ups due to apparent memory shortages 2 min into gaming. I've closed all other software while playing this and have also increased the size of the page file to 2000MB. The game is still giving me memory shortage pop-ups and it continues to crash. I've played other games such as BF4 and Dying Light without any issues while having a ton of other programmes open without any issues.

Specs are in signature.

I need to know if I should upgrade the RAM or get a new SSD since I am currently pretty low on storage space. Even the shortage of storage space seems odd if considered the cause of this as I've been playing GTA V with low storage space since I bought it and clocked 8 hours without any issues.

I should also add that while playing the game, my memory usage actually stays at around 5.5gb-6gb. The Commit Charge however is at 100% and I also get a Hard Faults at 100% as well. Unsure what this means though.

TheSkateyBird · 5 Jan 2016 at 22:19

Try letting Windows set your page file size. It's a pain in the neck. I have the same amount of RAM as yourself and yet Windows insists on an 8GB page file. Had a similar issue a few days ago with Fallout 4 and letting Windows manage the page file helped reduce the crashes.

ExRayTed · 5 Jan 2016 at 22:45

^^Agree. Let Windows manage your pagefile.

Armageus · 5 Jan 2016 at 23:18

ExRayTed said:
^^Agree. Let Windows manage your pagefile.

Lots of useful technical info here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2860880

Basically windows 7 onwards will use a minimum of the physical ram size.

In the case of GTA V, it could be that it makes use of a large amount of memory mapped files, which require commit charge (whether in ram or on disk)

Hard page faults are faults that must be resolved by retrieving the data from disk. Such data can include portions of DLLs, .exe files, memory-mapped files, and page files. These faults might or might not be related to a page file or to a low-memory condition. Hard page faults are a standard function of the operating system. They occur when the following items are read:
- Parts of image files (.dll and .exe files) as they are used
- Memory-mapped files
- A page file

chroniclard · 5 Jan 2016 at 23:19

GTA V uses loads of memory, I had 8gb and it was almost full running GTA V so I upgraded to 16gb.

lazieb · 5 Jan 2016 at 23:44

Probably have to upgrade to 16GB in that case, might also get a new SSD, thinking about the one below

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/samsung-750gb-ssd-840-evo-sata-6gb-s-basic-mz-7te750bw-hd-170-sa.html

Is it any good? There aren't any reviews on it, seems like a good deal for the price.

Rilot · 6 Jan 2016 at 08:51

The Samsung 840s are good SSDs.

joedeath332 · 6 Jan 2016 at 09:25

Frostb said:
Probably have to upgrade to 16GB in that case, might also get a new SSD, thinking about the one below

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/samsung-750gb-ssd-840-evo-sata-6gb-s-basic-mz-7te750bw-hd-170-sa.html

Is it any good? There aren't any reviews on it, seems like a good deal for the price.

using the 250gb 840 evo for a year + now no issues what so ever , as for speed maybe the 850 is faster ??

bledd · 6 Jan 2016 at 10:21

Let Windows manage your page file size. You shouldn't mess with page file unless you really know what you're doing.

Danny75 · 6 Jan 2016 at 10:43

What others have said plus update your network driver - GTA in combination with some old network drivers (seems to be the "Killer" package mostly) and Windows 10 (not sure if you're using it) has been causing crazy high memory usage.