How to Allot more RAM to Memory Tarkov
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Memory Tarkov
Wouldn’t it be annoying if Escape From Memory Tarkov crashes in the middle of a raid? Yes, we have been there before. It isn’t very pleasant. But it doesn’t continuously have to be that way. If you are experiencing lags, crashes, or worse, black screens, it may be because you have not optimized your RAM usage for the game. We have compiled some solutions and steps below that teach you how to allocate more RAM to Escape From Tarkov.
Check your System Requirements
You may have been able to download and run it at first, but if you’re having trouble playing the game due to stuttering, you should ask, “Can my PC run Escape From Memory Tarkov?”
Escape From Tarkov doesn’t require much to work. The minimum necessities for the game include:
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel i3 2.4GHz, AMD Athlon
- Memory: 6GB
- Hard drive: 8 GB of available space
- GPU: DX9 compatible graphics card with 1GB memory
- Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
- However, Escape From Tarkov is always getting new patches, so it’s best to start with a reasonably good system from the start.
- We mention the next
- CPU: Intel i5 9th Gen, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or higher
- Memory: 8 GB or better
- Hard drive: 8 GB of available space
- SSD: 256GB
- GPU: NVIDIA GTX 460, AMD Radeon 5000 sequence
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit
These things are still pretty affordable, but they can take you a long way when playing Escape From Tarkov.
Enable or disable RAM cleaner in-game
Escape From Memory Tarkov has an automatic in-game RAM cleaner that aims to help players clear unnecessary game cache files automatically. It might even prevent the memory leak.
Unfortunately, stuttering and blocking don’t always help. Some gamers have found this to be the source of their RAM issues.
We can advise this: if you have it enabled, disable it. If you’ve never activated it, try it now.
Another trick that gamers have discovered is to enable Auto RAM Cleaner, save that setting, then immediately disable Auto RAM Cleaner and save it. It will reset the cached RAM and won’t require a reboot or game restart.
You can find Auto RAM Cleaner in the game settings under the “Game” tab. It’s the last checkbox in the Voice drop-down menu.
Use a memory cleaner for Memory Tarkov
Wagnard, a software developer, has a device called Intelligent Standby List Cleaner (ISLC) specifically designed to “help users who stutter in games when using Windows 10 Creators Update and later versions of Windows”.
Many Escapes From Memory Tarkov users trust it and can also be used for other games.
Note that this recommendation is for Windows 10 users, and if you have anything lower, it might not help you.
You can also try other Memory Tarkov cleansers like Advanced System Optimizer, Avira or Advanced PC Cleanup.
Disable Shader Cache
If your computer is low on memory or only using one hard drive and has low speed, the reason why the game stutters may be the shader cache, especially when it is turned on.
Shader Cache is a feature of your visuals card that aims to reduce CPU usage by storing the game on your local hard drive. Ideally, the result would be less loading time for fun.
It can only apply if the HDD is high enough and fast enough. Otherwise, it will only make your game miserable.
If your GPU is NVIDIA, go to NVIDIA Control Panel, manage 3D settings, disable shader cache and apply changes. Suppose you have an AMD. Go to global settings, where you will see shader cache in one of the options. Just turn off the feature.
Close All Background Apps
Are you one of those gamers who tend to watch tutorials while playing? Or worse yet, do you also enjoy listening to YouTube in the heat of an in-game fight?
We’ll tell you honestly: it doesn’t help your hardware. That is, of course, unless you have a 10th Gen AMD Ryzen 9 5900x or i9 paired with 32GB of memory.
Every app you open takes up RAM, and there are even some that take up as much space as a video game.
Close all apps and even unnecessary background apps from Task Manager by right-clicking on the selected app and selecting “End Task”. It allows your PC to allocate more RAM to Escape From Memory Tarkov.
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Check if your RAM is Properly Installed
If you have a new computer and everything is set up, it’s a good idea to look at how you installed your RAM. Unless you’re a computer expert, installing dual-channel memory is easy to make a mistake.
Main memory must be alternately installed for the PC actually to read the memory. Otherwise, you might only be running on 8GB if you bought 16.
If you have upgraded, you need to verify that the memory you purchased is compatible with your PC.
Change External Game Settings
Not everyone is aware of a few settings that, both in-game and during installation, can potentially cause stuttering.
Before launching the game, right-click on the Escape From Tarkov icon and navigate to the location of the game file. Locate the EscapeFromTarkov.exe file. Right-click on said file and go to Properties. In the properties, there is a Compatibility tab. First, you need to enable “Disable full-screen optimization”. Then click Change high DPI settings and check to Override high DPI scaling.
Apply all these changes and restart the system first when you are done.