WatchDogs 2 RAM usage

[Sabresong]

Hi, all.

I bought an HP Omen 17 laptop a few months ago, and recently got WatchDogs 2 free from Epic Games. At first I ran the game on Ultra video settings. It was beautiful, stunning, really. But after a few hours of gameplay the system started saying it didn't have enough RAM for a stable frame rate and the games started to lag to the point of being unplayable. I changed the video settings to Very High, then to High, but the same issue keeps happening.

My laptop has 12G RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 1660ti graphics card. I've disabled every startup item I don't absolutely need and shut down every background process I know I can safely close. I'd think a new gaming laptop, even a budget model like mine, should be able to run WD2. Is there anything I can do to solve this problem?

 

[Deleted member 193596]

get a rig with more ram.

12GB in total is enough for an office PC but not for a gaming rig.

you can easily fill 16gb in these days with just a game running

 

[nguyen]

So your laptop has a 4GB+8GB RAM config, it's basically not optimal for games.
Try going to the BIOS and check what speed your RAM are running at, then buy an 8GB SODIMM of the same speed to replace the 4GB one.

 

[sepheronx]

I haven't seen a game that uses up more than 12gb of ram. 12 for an office PC but not games? I call nonsense on that.

Run MSI afterburner and watch to see what the temps are along with the memory usage.

Edit: after reading around, people with 16gb ram were getting same message.

It's a memory leak issue in the game. Don't expect it to be fixed.

 

[Deleted member 193596]

I haven't seen a game that uses up more than 12gb of ram. 12 for an office PC but not games? I call nonsense on that.

Run MSI afterburner and watch to see what the temps are along with the memory usage.

here.. just playing cod without anything running in the background.. not even a launcher except battlenet.

that is with my 16gb kit. it is 100% filled and the game itself uses around 13.5GB of ram.

with my 32gb kit i see up to 16gb of usage just through the game with a few applications open like spotify and hwinfo

there are many games that use more than 12gb of ram.

and having 12gb ram in total is a GIANT difference when you have like 7.5-8.5 of them free for a game

 

[dirtyferret]

Hi, all.

I bought an HP Omen 17 laptop a few months ago, and recently got WatchDogs 2 free from Epic Games. At first I ran the game on Ultra video settings. It was beautiful, stunning, really. But after a few hours of gameplay the system started saying it didn't have enough RAM for a stable frame rate and the games started to lag to the point of being unplayable. I changed the video settings to Very High, then to High, but the same issue keeps happening.

My laptop has 12G RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 1660ti graphics card. I've disabled every startup item I don't absolutely need and shut down every background process I know I can safely close. I'd think a new gaming laptop, even a budget model like mine, should be able to run WD2. Is there anything I can do to solve this problem?

you are not the only one with the issue, you will have better luck on the ubisoft forums

get a rig with more ram.

12GB in total is enough for an office PC but not for a gaming rig.

you can easily fill 16gb in these days with just a game running

not sure what you are doing in MS office that requires 12GB of ram but it's enough for gaming. The issue isn't his laptop as much as it's the half-assed port that was never optimized for PCs.

 

[Deleted member 193596]

you are not the only one with the issue, you will have better luck on the ubisoft forums


not sure what you are doing in MS office that requires 12GB of ram but it's enough for gaming. The issue isn't his laptop as much as it's the half-assed port that was never optimized for PCs.

what do you want to hear?
it is not enough for a modern gaming machine
and what is below that? a "12gb is enough for applications that are using not more than your 12gb of ram" machine?

16gb is more or less required for a normal gaming rig in these days if you not just play CS:GO and older, smaller titles.

 

[nguyen]

not sure what you are doing in MS office that requires 12GB of ram but it's enough for gaming. The issue isn't his laptop as much as it's the half-assed port that was never optimized for PCs.

The issue is the RAM run in dual channel with the first 8GB, the last 4GB is single channel and it would severely affect the performane if the game is using more than 8GB of system RAM.

 

[dirtyferret]

The issue is the RAM run in dual channel with the first 8GB, the last 4GB is single channel and it would severely affect the performane if the game is using more than 8GB of system RAM.

I understand the laptop is not running in dual channel but single channel would not create the major issues the OP (and many others) are/have experienced with that error in that game. His issue is a known problem with the game which is why i said go to the ubisoft forums.

what do you want to hear?
it is not enough for a modern gaming machine
and what is below that? a "12gb is enough for applications that are using not more than your 12gb of ram" machine?

16gb is more or less required for a normal gaming rig in these days if you not just play CS:GO and older, smaller titles.

hear? I don't want to hear anything
I would like you to;
A) read sepheronx posts and my posts stating it's a known issue with the game and that people with 16GB+ of RAM are receiving the same message
B) understand the difference between using 12GB of RAM and needing 12GB of RAM
C) the solution to every problem is not always "just toss more money at it to make it bigger and faster like my rig"

 

[sepheronx]

This page has definitely closed. To find your favorite forums and threads, go to https://discussions.ubisoft.com.

This page has definitely closed. To find your favorite forums and threads, go to https://discussions.ubisoft.com.

forums.ubisoft.com

 

[dirtyferret]

The issue is the RAM run in dual channel with the first 8GB, the last 4GB is single channel and it would severely affect the performane if the game is using more than 8GB of system RAM.

then why are people with 16GB and 32GB in dual channel receiving the exact same message with similar performance hits? See Seph's link from ubisoft, STEAM has similar forum posts.


"The memory usage of Watch dogs 2 just keeps going up until my computer crashes. pc specs: i7-6700k, GTX 1070, 16gb of RAM"

"known issue for awhile but ubisoft being quiet, just browse these forums. I have i7, 32 gb ram and 1070. Causes bsod."

 

[BoboOOZ]

I haven't seen a game that uses up more than 12gb of ram. 12 for an office PC but not games? I call nonsense on that.

I had a similar bug in Heroes of Might and Magic 6, after playing a lot on one map, the game takes hours to load and completely fills up my 16GB of RAM. This one is another bug that probably has never been corrected.

 

[ShurikN]

I played WD2 on a laptop that has 8GB of ram (also in single channel), and I never had any RAM related messages popup. It's definitely not RAM size related.

 

[sepheronx]

I had a similar bug in Heroes of Might and Magic 6, after playing a lot on one map, the game takes hours to load and completely fills up my 16GB of RAM. This one is another bug that probably has never been corrected.

There are generally some games that are just poor in terms of quality and or just never fixed. I recall at least 3 games where they had terrible memory leak that were never fixed (GTA IV was the most memorable for me).

Not all games translate well from console to PC and if the developers just do not care, they wont bother fixing it.

 

[Sabresong]

This page has definitely closed. To find your favorite forums and threads, go to https://discussions.ubisoft.com.

This page has definitely closed. To find your favorite forums and threads, go to https://discussions.ubisoft.com.

forums.ubisoft.com

THanks, Sepheronx. I'm no expert, but I know enough about C and C++ programming to know about memory leaks, and I heard this morning from a friend with a brand new custom built desktop PC with 64G RAM and NVidia's newest graphics card, he's having the same issue. It's clearly an issue with the game itself. It's not releasing RAM like it should. Thanks for giving me a starting place to look into it. I'll go play something else for a bit and hope Ubisoft gets round to fixing it someday.

And thanks to everyone for your replies!

 

[EarthDog]

Hi, all.

I bought an HP Omen 17 laptop a few months ago, and recently got WatchDogs 2 free from Epic Games. At first I ran the game on Ultra video settings. It was beautiful, stunning, really. But after a few hours of gameplay the system started saying it didn't have enough RAM for a stable frame rate and the games started to lag to the point of being unplayable. I changed the video settings to Very High, then to High, but the same issue keeps happening.

My laptop has 12G RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 1660ti graphics card. I've disabled every startup item I don't absolutely need and shut down every background process I know I can safely close. I'd think a new gaming laptop, even a budget model like mine, should be able to run WD2. Is there anything I can do to solve this problem?

Yeah, 12GB isn't enough for a couple of titles, but that is rare, contrary to an opinion earlier. 16GB of RAM is plenty for 95% of titles today... 12GB is plenty for most still. WD2 does have a memory issue too IIRC...

12GB isn't enough for an office PC, lololol... this place has really been drinking the jesus juice lately.

EDIT: What seph said, lol.

 

[Devon68]

12GB in total is enough for an office PC but not for a gaming rig.

Hahahahaha made me laugh. But I would not agree. The game has to be optimized to use the ram amount it has available to it.

I'll go play something else for a bit and hope Ubisoft gets round to fixing it someday.

You can try Rocket league on epic. It's free if you haven't tried it yet

 

[newtekie1]

Yeah, 12GB isn't enough for a couple of titles, but that is rare, contrary to an opinion earlier. 16GB of RAM is plenty for 95% of titles today... 12GB is plenty for most still. WD2 does have a memory issue too IIRC...

I don't think there is any game where 12GB isn't enough to run the game, but it might not be enough to run the game at maxed settings.

 

[EarthDog]

I don't think there is any game where 12GB isn't enough to run the game, but it might not be enough to run the game at maxed settings.

Agreed.

Note, by default, I'm always talking 'Ultra' settings because that's the goal and what people strive for (unless you're in the competitive realm).

 

[newtekie1]

Agreed.

Note, by default, I'm always talking 'Ultra' settings because that's the goal and what people strive for (unless you're in the competitive realm).

I don't really care about Ultra, it rarely looks much better than high and the performance penalty is usually massive. But I just care about playable. And most games these days look really good even on low settings.

 

[metalfiber]

Try some of the fixes on this web page.....

Watch Dogs 2 - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

www.pcgamingwiki.com

 

[rtwjunkie]

Try some of the fixes on this web page.....

Watch Dogs 2 - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

www.pcgamingwiki.com

That’s actually a great site and the first place I go if I have a problem with a game.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I don't really care about Ultra, it rarely looks much better than high and the performance penalty is usually massive. But I just care about playable. And most games these days look really good even on low settings.

I agree. i still have a gtx 1080 and hardly set any game to ultra any more. very high if available or high if not.

 

[Sabresong]

Try some of the fixes on this web page.....

Watch Dogs 2 - PCGamingWiki PCGW - bugs, fixes, crashes, mods, guides and improvements for every PC game

www.pcgamingwiki.com

Best Tip Ever.

 

[EarthDog]

I don't really care about Ultra, it rarely looks much better than high and the performance penalty is usually massive. But I just care about playable. And most games these days look really good even on low settings.

Agreed.

That said, my point was that users strive for the best settings when possible. Unless you're in the competitive scene, that is the goal....regardless if there is little difference in quality. I'd bet few users would use High vs Ultra when they are hitting their FPS target regardless of IQ differences.

If you're setting it to high when ultra is playable/meeting your FPS goals, you're selling yourself short.