Only games require no more than 6 gigabytes of memory.
Only games require no more than 6 gigabytes of memory.
I'm experiencing an issue because I recently got a new motherboard and RAM. All the games I play only consume up to 6 GB of RAM. I have 32 GB of 3200 MHz RAM installed on a B560M with an i7-10700 and an RX 6900 XT. It doesn't matter if I'm playing COD, Need for Speed, Battlefield or Cyberpunk 2077—it never exceeds 6 GB. Often the CPU and GPU aren't using all their capacity, so I suspect the RAM might be the problem.
The game consumes as much memory as required, but it doesn’t have to take over your entire RAM. Since the CPU is relatively outdated, there might be a minor bottleneck, though it’s usually not significant.
GPU usage is 94%, so there's no reason to worry about being CPU limited. Agreed on the first part though, the game simply doesn't need to use more RAM.
Usually I don’t realize how much power most CPUs think they have.
Games seldom consume all of your CPU power. If they do, it usually means you're running low on resources. This alone isn't a big problem. When both CPU and GPU hit that level, RAM speed or latency might be the real bottleneck. With 32 GB of RAM, that's unlikely to be the main issue. You might want to verify in Task Manager whether everything is being recognized and check how much is reserved by the system. You can't judge RAM usage across different games; the requirements vary by software. Each program uses whatever it needs.
You might consider adding high definition mods to boost performance, though be mindful that installing them could activate anti-cheat measures—proceed at your own hazard. Another option is to acknowledge that certain games with lower memory demands, like the ones you mentioned, are designed to run efficiently without heavy resource usage.
Technically, games usually require a minimum of 16GB—though you should allocate more. In reality, usage is often much less. Short version: you didn<|pad|> to say anything about performance problems, so everything should work fine. Windows handles resources well, generally.