Question Memory leak! please help.

[BruktUwU]

I'm trying to play Escape of Tarkov but the memorys growing until my game crashes! i had no issue with memory a few days ago! I have looked everywhere for solutions! i have downloaded the newest drivers for my motherboard and its still happening! im also having issue on every game i touch now aswell which drives me crazy! i even formated my computer in hope that would fix it but it didnt. It annoys me that im not running anything on the computer now and my memory is at 32% (5.1/15.7GB). (language is norwegian) I'm on Windows 10 btw.

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[thx1138v2]

My first guess since it is a new problem on a system that was running OK previously is that you have a virus.

 

[Karadjgne]

Formatting C drive isn't exactly easy to do. The OS will want to stop that from happening.

Memory leaks are a pain, if that's what it is and it's normally caused by glitchy software other than what you are running. Other than stay resident or open programs, your ram should be at 0% use. When you start a game, the cpu demands files be sent to the ram, so if a 10Kb gun.jpg gets sent to ram, the ram sets aside 10Kb for that files use, waits on the cpu which will eventually demand it from the ram, the ram sends the file and when it's fully exited the ram the ram releases that section and it goes back to 0% used.

With a memory leak, all that happens the same, except the last part, the ram retains that section, so even if the file is totally gone from the ram, the 10Kb is still locked, ram at 1%. And that happens for multiple files over a period of time, each 'locked' section adding up as unusable.

Formatting a drive can be a temporary or permanent fix, highly dependent on exactly what you put back on it. Not all memory leaks are caused by 3rd party software, the OS by itself can also be responsible.
https://www.stellarinfo.com/article/memory-leaks-in-Windows.php