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Computer Memory

#1 Post by Deltatristar500 » 14 Apr 2021 22:41

Hi all, I have a very old PC and its running 8gb memory. ATS does run smooth but here and there there are moments of pauses, sometimes even like 3-5 seconds. Then its back to smooth game play. If I get 16gb total memory that maxes out the mobo, will those issues go away? Someone was telling me that having only 8gb was the issue.

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#2 Post by Grizzly » 15 Apr 2021 07:35

8 gig is a bit light these days, does the hard drive light flash when it's having pauses? Might be using swap.
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#3 Post by Reinhard » 15 Apr 2021 07:44

I have 8GB too. I don't even shut down my web browser or any other program while running a fairly modded ETS 2, and I got no such problem. If you don't use an insane amount of mods, 8GB should be enough.
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#4 Post by Deltatristar500 » 15 Apr 2021 11:02

My mod manager shows 140 active mods
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#5 Post by Reinhard » 15 Apr 2021 11:13

Well, of course you could try without mods and see if the problem persists. If so, it is not a memory problem. But if not, you still don't know if it is about too much (or too big) mods, or caused by the behaviour of a specific mod.

Maybe more memory would solve it, maybe not. I can't offer advice.
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#6 Post by GinXeng » 20 Apr 2021 11:47

Before I upgraded, I used to game with 8gb's of DDR3 with a GTX 970 and I never had stuttering issues so I doubt its because of your ram, even then ATS never used all my 8gb's while playing. Are you running on a Harddisk? I've seen 13 year old computers get major speed boost just by upgrading to a solid state drive.
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#7 Post by Deltatristar500 » 20 Apr 2021 12:54

Ok...I do have a SSD drive and have noticed that those stutters have gone away now running on 16GB of memory...but I have also overclocked my 970 just a tad
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#8 Post by GinXeng » 21 Apr 2021 01:56

What temps are you getting? I have mine overclocked too and run a max of 86c
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#9 Post by Deltatristar500 » 21 Apr 2021 13:17

I average around high 60c with MSI Afterburner, I have my clock 1430Mhz and memory 3855Mhz. That seems to be most stable with ATS, since Ive been dropping the settings on the card with crashes here and there
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#10 Post by plykkegaard » 21 Apr 2021 14:14

Deltatristar500 wrote: 14 Apr 2021 22:41 .. old PC and its running 8gb memory
8 Gb is fine, had this amount of memory from the ETS2 release, later with promods
Extra mem was added recently, but it didn't make any noticeable change

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