RAM usage 90-98% when playing Battlefield 4 (I have 8GB)

[twright247]

Hi there!
As you may already know from the title, my RAM usage goes to 90-98% when playing on Battlefield 4.
A warning is prompt asking me to close Battlefield 4 due to its high memory usage. Personally, I find this strange as the first time that this happened to me was the other day and it just happened again 10 minutes before I posted this...
I enjoy playing long sessions of Battlefield and it generally happens on the second match (on the same server).
My system specifications are:

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  CPU: AMD FX-8320
  GPU: Sapphire Radeon DUAL-X R9 280X Boost OC
  PSU: Corsair CX750M
  SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 120GB
  HDDs: 2 X 1TB Seagate Baracuda
  MB: GA-990FXA-UD3
  RAM: 8GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Kingston HyperX

My current video driver is 14.4 and I have the graphics API set to Mantle in-game.

Any help is welcome and thank you for taking your time to read this!

-Thomas

 

[Rayven2]

Have you tried lowering the texture to medium/high to see if it helps?

The only thing I can think of is maybe a memory leak? Check this out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/mem_leaking_progs.htm

 

[twright247]

Have you tried lowering the texture to medium/high to see if it helps?

The only thing I can think of is maybe a memory leak? Check this out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/mem_leaking_progs.htm

Thank you for your reply!
Firstly this may sound silly but I let Raptr select my settings.
The game settings were on medium when I got these warnings.
I think you're right, I also thought that it was a memory leak.
Now, is it the game's fault or have I got faulty memory?
It seems to be fine on other games

 

[Rayven2]

Have you tried lowering the texture to medium/high to see if it helps?

The only thing I can think of is maybe a memory leak? Check this out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/mem_leaking_progs.htm

Thank you for your reply!
Firstly this may sound silly but I let Raptr select my settings.
The game settings were on medium when I got these warnings.
I think you're right, I also thought that it was a memory leak.
Now, is it the game's fault or have I got faulty memory?
It seems to be fine on other games

If it's not happening on other games and applications that require a lot of ram as well then I'm not too sure. I've read a fair few complaints however when it comes to RAM and BF4 even from people with 16GB, I understand the game utilizes a lot of RAM but it shouldn't be maxing out... Can't really help you further maybe someone with more experience will know, keep us posted.

 

[twright247]

Have you tried lowering the texture to medium/high to see if it helps?

The only thing I can think of is maybe a memory leak? Check this out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/mem_leaking_progs.htm

Thank you for your reply!
Firstly this may sound silly but I let Raptr select my settings.
The game settings were on medium when I got these warnings.
I think you're right, I also thought that it was a memory leak.
Now, is it the game's fault or have I got faulty memory?
It seems to be fine on other games

If it's not happening on other games and applications that require a lot of ram as well then I'm not too sure. I've read a fair few complaints however when it comes to RAM and BF4 even from people with 16GB, I understand the game utilizes a lot of RAM but it shouldn't be maxing out... Can't really help you further maybe someone with more experience will know, keep us posted.

Thank you very much for your help!
I have a feeling that the big patch in September will help resolve this issue, especially if it has only been happening recently. Could've been the last update that made the memory leak occur for me.

 

[Rayven2]

Have you tried lowering the texture to medium/high to see if it helps?

The only thing I can think of is maybe a memory leak? Check this out http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_53/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/mem_leaking_progs.htm

Thank you for your reply!
Firstly this may sound silly but I let Raptr select my settings.
The game settings were on medium when I got these warnings.
I think you're right, I also thought that it was a memory leak.
Now, is it the game's fault or have I got faulty memory?
It seems to be fine on other games

If it's not happening on other games and applications that require a lot of ram as well then I'm not too sure. I've read a fair few complaints however when it comes to RAM and BF4 even from people with 16GB, I understand the game utilizes a lot of RAM but it shouldn't be maxing out... Can't really help you further maybe someone with more experience will know, keep us posted.

Thank you very much for your help!
I have a feeling that the big patch in September will help resolve this issue, especially if it has only been happening recently. Could've been the last update that made the memory leak occur for me.

Yeah might do so since most these issues seem to be occurring for people only lately, you can leave the topic open and see if anyone else might have an idea. Later on tho you can pick a solution

 

[TheTenaciousOtaku]

The game still runs like junk. Terribly optimized game. An SLI GTX 570 setup get 60-70fps on high. Also encounter a MASSIVE memory leak. BF4 drains 7GB of ram which is completely ridiculous and lowers fps to 20 . Never buying an EA game again unless game testers give it a pass.