I think i might confirm 16GB isnt enough at all.

[Bilal2104 213]

hi guys,

I have 16GB of ram and every time i load up into a 747 or 787 at LFPG the sim crashes with low virtual error message. Msi overlay shows using around 14.5GB or ram while in game . Sim freezes and crashes from there.

I think i may need a upgrade of another 16GB here, flying on the high end preset.

 

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

Crashes are caused by something else, the sim should not crash with 16 GB of RAM. The majority of people do not have 32 GB and do not report crashes.

Edited August 21, 2020 by MrFuzzy

[tull 290]

I have an i5 processor Nvidia 1060 6GB card and 16GB of ram and I'm running it on high settings ....occasional stutters I must admit but overall pretty good performance with all aircraft. I have been thinking about putting another 16gb into my rig but I'm on the fence about it, will it really make a difference 🤔.... 

[ErichB 3,643]

I have 16GB RAM and loaded up the 787 at Heathrow (Deluxe Ed) .  Very smooth, no crashes.  

I also thought 16GB would be inadequate, but it my PC is quite happy with Med - High settings, 4K

Edited August 21, 2020 by ErichB

[wim123 763]

i really doubt it will make much difference, but it sure cannot harm.

[tronied 30]

Can also confirm I'm running smooth with no crashes with 16gb's RAM (RTX 2080).

[Novation 534]

5 minutes ago, tull said:

will it really make a difference

Have you monitored RAM use? I have 16GB and have not come close to using it all. The max I've seen was around 10GB with a mix of Med, High settings on a GTX1060. Based on my usage there would be no point but ymmv.

[armchair_pilot 54]

Also confirm no crashes at all with 16GB RAM. At my native resolution of 3440x1440, memory usage is about 8-9GB, high-end setting.

[Bilal2104 213]

how are you guys getting such low usage on high end where as im getting 11-14gb on the same settings

[Aaron555 52]

LFPG has a problem, I have 16 GB of RAM and the game run fine in Ultra everywhere (even in dense areas like New York or KLAX). But I constantly crash after a few minutes at LFPG. 

RAM used never goes above 13.5/14. 

[armchair_pilot 54]

1 minute ago, Bilal2104 said:

how are you guys getting such low usage on high end where as im getting 11-14gb on the same settings

I have not flown for hours yet to see how far up memory usage goes. How much VRAM do you have? Note that if your GPU does not provide enough VRAM, your physical memory will be used to complement graphics memory.

[Novation 534]

1 minute ago, Bilal2104 said:

how are you guys getting such low usage on high end where as im getting 11-14gb on the same settings

Is the sim alone using that much, or is that in total?. Can you reduce the load by closing other apps down?.

I used to have 8GB and XP would use it all, but it would not crash as it would use the page file. Stuttered like buggery though.

[smoothchat 99]

The only way it would run (without crashing) on my 16GB machine was to manually set a 10GB pagefile and not allow windows to manage it.

Edited August 21, 2020 by smoothchat

[Slides 1,552]

The more RAM you have the more it will allocate and use. so just because you're not using all of your 16 GB doesn't mean you don't need 32 GB. Windows and apps tend to be risk-averse as not to crash your computer and will leave some overhead 

[Bilal2104 213]

6 minutes ago, armchair_pilot said:

I have not flown for hours yet to see how far up memory usage goes. How much VRAM do you have? Note that if your GPU does not provide enough VRAM, your physical memory will be used to complement graphics memory.

I'm running a 1070ti 8gb vram