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Low RAM warnings after Rubicon launch
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Dex Cordell
EVE University
Ivy League
#1 - 2013-12-02 11:12:24 UTC
Hello everyone,

I'm curious whether anyone else is having similar problems to mineQuestion Ever since the Rubicon launch, my PC keeps complaining about low RAM, and truth be told, the RAM load of the EVE exefile sometimes really spikes and hits the 9GB mark.
My specs:
Intel Core i7-3770k, 8GB DDR3/2GB pagefile (tried to turn it on to no avail, I don't need it anywhere else), GeForce GTX660 Ti 2GB.
My GPU/CPU load stays fairly low at all times, on Full HD and maxed out details. Did anyone get a similar problem? And a solution? My support ticket about this seems to hang in the middle of nowhere, I'm trying to think that the techs at EVE are thinking it over instead of forgetting about me altogetherBig smile
EvEa Deva
Doomheim
#2 - 2013-12-02 11:17:01 UTC
Only in Tidi fights do i see ram ( on my G15 ) go up and up
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#3 - 2013-12-02 11:17:57 UTC


Im one of the last 2GB RAM users left in the world of MMOs and I have not seen this warning before.

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Liner Xiandra
Sparks Inc
#4 - 2013-12-02 11:20:18 UTC
Try switching back to DirectX9 from the launcher; I'm having similar problems with Aero complaining about sluggish behaviour, and alt-tabbing sometimes causes a black screen in EVE.
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#5 - 2013-12-02 11:35:24 UTC
I have found Rubicon to be less friendly to alt-tabbing than Odyssey but as has been mentioned before switching to DirectX 9 in the launcher cured the majority of the problems I encountered.

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Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#6 - 2013-12-02 11:52:09 UTC  |  Edited by: Azami Nevinyrall
Try 2 things...

Limit yourself to 10 clients per computer...

Also, botting programs eat more RAM then a fat person at an all you can eat buffet...

On a serious note...

I've never seen this this before but then again I have 16GB of RAM and shouldn't...

You have 8, and unless you have 6484849374 pages open in your web browser, several clients and a **** ton of other services running in the background. Neither should you...

...
Cela Kashuken
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2013-12-02 12:03:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Cela Kashuken
Your computer is probably warning you moreso of your virtual ram (pagefile) moreso than your actual ram. When you set your pagefile to 2GB, what that translates to is a soft limit which gets crossed when you play eve, hence your "error".

The solution is to set your pagefile to "System Managed", or at the very least set it higher than 2GB :P My personal rule of thumb, if I do change it, is to set it to double the actual ram, set the min and max to be the same so that it doesn't grow or shrink the page file, and if possible, set it to be on a different physical drive than the OS.
Dex Cordell
EVE University
Ivy League
#8 - 2013-12-02 13:23:49 UTC
Cela Kashuken wrote:
and if possible, set it to be on a different physical drive than the OS.


Well, for Windows this is impossible imho, already explored that option before, as I don't want my system SSD to be weared down ahead of its expected lifetime. Otherwise about the pagefile, I didn't need it with 8GB physical ever before, so I had it turned off completely before, even with the pre-Rubicon EVE version.

I'll try the suggestions here (side note: I'm happy with running only a single EVE client, I don't have any altcharsSmile)
Minmatar Citizen160812
The LGBT Last Supper
#9 - 2013-12-02 13:56:35 UTC
Yep, got a blackscreen and memory leak a few times since Rubi. I'll be swapping back to DX9 today but it's a damn shame since DX11 seems to have made the stupid clouds tolerable.
KuroVolt
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-12-02 14:20:00 UTC
Just download some more RAM.

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Dr0000 Maulerant
Union Nanide and Tooling
#11 - 2013-12-02 16:16:05 UTC
KuroVolt wrote:
Just download some more RAM.


Wait, What?

Tell me again about how every playstyle you dont engage in "doesn't require any effort" and everyone who does it needs to die in a fire. Be sure to mention about how you tried it once but it was too easy/boring/ethnic-homophobic slur. 
Mofo Diquilis
Kruel Pride Inc.
#12 - 2013-12-02 16:52:43 UTC
KuroVolt wrote:
Just download some more RAM.



If you still have issues after downloading more ram... try getting more ghz.

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Dex Cordell
EVE University
Ivy League
#13 - 2013-12-03 22:50:17 UTC
Mofo Diquilis wrote:
KuroVolt wrote:
Just download some more RAM.



If you still have issues after downloading more ram... try getting more ghz.

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With a proven testimonials page... you can blast through games with ease too!

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#14 - 2013-12-03 23:59:10 UTC
Sounds like something else is eating your RAM, as far as I know the EVE client is still 32bit and hence wouldn't be able use that much RAM in the first place (not without memory mapping anyway which I seriously doubt is going on).

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Louis Robichaud
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2013-12-04 01:46:05 UTC
I'm not getting ram warning per say, but I am being told that "resources are low, do you want to use a simple color scheme" or something to that effect - this started with Rubicon. The computer seems to run fine though. I have 8 gigs of ram and don't multi box so it's a bit peculiar

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Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-12-04 02:09:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Caviar Liberta
Dex Cordell wrote:
Cela Kashuken wrote:
and if possible, set it to be on a different physical drive than the OS.


Well, for Windows this is impossible imho, already explored that option before, as I don't want my system SSD to be weared down ahead of its expected lifetime. Otherwise about the pagefile, I didn't need it with 8GB physical ever before, so I had it turned off completely before, even with the pre-Rubicon EVE version.

I'll try the suggestions here (side note: I'm happy with running only a single EVE client, I don't have any altcharsSmile)


You can switch the drive your pagefile goes to.

select the other drive, select system managed size then click set.

go to your c: drive and select no paging file then click set.

reboot computer

And then there you go.
Ave Kathrina
My Ass Is On Fire
#17 - 2013-12-04 02:24:12 UTC
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Dex Cordell wrote:
Cela Kashuken wrote:
and if possible, set it to be on a different physical drive than the OS.


Well, for Windows this is impossible imho, already explored that option before, as I don't want my system SSD to be weared down ahead of its expected lifetime. Otherwise about the pagefile, I didn't need it with 8GB physical ever before, so I had it turned off completely before, even with the pre-Rubicon EVE version.

I'll try the suggestions here (side note: I'm happy with running only a single EVE client, I don't have any altcharsSmile)


You can switch the drive your pagefile goes to.

select the other drive, select system managed size then click set.

go to your c: drive and select no paging file then click set.

reboot computer

And then there you go.


This, this and this again.

Just accept the fact that Windows needs a pagefile (Virtual Memory) and that some applications wont even run without it being present and writeable.


I've done some really stupid shit in this game.
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#18 - 2013-12-04 02:38:50 UTC
Dex Cordell wrote:
Cela Kashuken wrote:
and if possible, set it to be on a different physical drive than the OS.


Well, for Windows this is impossible imho, already explored that option before, as I don't want my system SSD to be weared down ahead of its expected lifetime. Otherwise about the pagefile, I didn't need it with 8GB physical ever before, so I had it turned off completely before, even with the pre-Rubicon EVE version.

I'll try the suggestions here (side note: I'm happy with running only a single EVE client, I don't have any altcharsSmile)


That's funny, mine is on physical drive F:. Takes about 15 seconds to set up. So you probably didn't look for it.
Tikktokk Tokkzikk
V0LTA
WE FORM V0LTA
#19 - 2013-12-04 04:31:27 UTC
Happend a few times to me after Rubicon, too.
Dex Cordell
EVE University
Ivy League
#20 - 2013-12-05 02:01:05 UTC
Minmatar Citizen160812 wrote:
Yep, got a blackscreen and memory leak a few times since Rubi. I'll be swapping back to DX9 today but it's a damn shame since DX11 seems to have made the stupid clouds tolerable.



Switching to DX9 solved my problem. Unacceptable in the long term tho, I hope someone's gonna fix that finally Big smile
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