# \#ram **URL:** https://forums.unrealengine.com/tag/ram/2625.md [Latest](https://forums.unrealengine.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.unrealengine.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.unrealengine.com/tags.md) --- ## [SceneCapture 2d massive Vram leak in UE5 - (tested in UE4 with no problems).](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/scenecapture-2d-massive-vram-leak-in-ue5-tested-in-ue4-with-no-problems/2701481)
**Author:** [@Poet\_11](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Poet_11)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/scenecapture-2d-massive-vram-leak-in-ue5-tested-in-ue4-with-no-problems/2701481 "2026-04-21T05:42:29Z")
Hi, I’ve noticed everytime i have a scenecapture2d which is updated in the editor it shoots up the Vram from a typical 5 gb to 16+ crashing my gpu in seconds. The render to texture target is very small in size 128 by 1… --- ## [Editor suddenly using all system RAM](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/editor-suddenly-using-all-system-ram/2423466)
**Author:** [@celestia](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/celestia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/editor-suddenly-using-all-system-ram/2423466 "2026-03-28T23:30:54Z")
I’ve been running into this issue with a specific project where after it being open for about 30 minutes or so suddenly the Editor will start consuming near 100% of all my system’s RAM. Causing my computer to freeze and … --- ## [EQS Query Params causing ram overflow](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/eqs-query-params-causing-ram-overflow/429514)
**Author:** [@Okarii](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Okarii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/eqs-query-params-causing-ram-overflow/429514 "2026-01-05T15:48:44Z")
learning to use the EQS and was trying to use the Query Params to make it a little more robust. followed instructions I found on another thread; EQS Query Params in Blueprint - Blueprint - Unreal Engine Forums attempted… --- ## [PNG imports as BGRA8 instead of DXT5](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/png-imports-as-bgra8-instead-of-dxt5/463657)
**Author:** [@Alenoba](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Alenoba)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/png-imports-as-bgra8-instead-of-dxt5/463657 "2025-01-14T15:54:12Z")
I’m importing PNG images to then use as sprites in my game. Up until recently, I’ve had all of them be 1880x3640 pixels, but since those take up 6.6MB of RAM each, I’ve decided to now crop the PNGs and remove all empty s… --- ## [More RAM?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/more-ram/2032250)
**Author:** [@RLK\_III](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RLK_III)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/more-ram/2032250 "2024-09-23T05:49:45Z")
I am having a hard time opening projects - it’s taking forever. I don’t have TONS of assets in this project yet. The only real big ones would be Fluid Flux and Dynamic Sky. Still, waiting for the project to open takes… --- ## [Intel Workstation Build for UE5 - Powerful enough? Limitations? ](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/intel-workstation-build-for-ue5-powerful-enough-limitations/1774920)
**Author:** [@Cristianmartcg](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cristianmartcg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/intel-workstation-build-for-ue5-powerful-enough-limitations/1774920 "2024-03-28T07:03:03Z")
Hello guys, Couldn’t find an IT/Hardware category in the forum, so posting here. Hope that’s alright. I am a professional working for the entertainment industry (feature film) as an environment artist, and I am upgradi… --- ## [What can I do on UE4 and 5 on a 16GB RAM, 13th gen i7, and Nvidia MX550 GPU?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-can-i-do-on-ue4-and-5-on-a-16gb-ram-13th-gen-i7-and-nvidia-mx550-gpu/1565136)
**Author:** [@AhmadKreim](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/AhmadKreim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-can-i-do-on-ue4-and-5-on-a-16gb-ram-13th-gen-i7-and-nvidia-mx550-gpu/1565136 "2023-12-27T17:09:50Z")
The CPU is Core i7-1355U, the RAM is DDR4, and the GPU has 2GB of VRAM --- ## [Is it possible to limit the cpu usage of the lightmass build?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-the-cpu-usage-of-the-lightmass-build/390204)
**Author:** [@anonymous\_user\_0e0dcd18](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_0e0dcd18)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/is-it-possible-to-limit-the-cpu-usage-of-the-lightmass-build/390204 "2023-12-02T22:09:41Z")
Hi, I have a laptop that I use to build lighting in my scenes, and I’d like to keep the cpu temp lower than it is for the duration of time spent baking lightmass. Would it be possible to limit the cpu usage to something… --- ## [Game VRAM usage & GPU workload are the same at 1080p & 360p - why don't they get reduced?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-vram-usage-gpu-workload-are-the-same-at-1080p-360p-why-dont-they-get-reduced/1277904)
**Author:** [@ferdinand85](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ferdinand85)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/game-vram-usage-gpu-workload-are-the-same-at-1080p-360p-why-dont-they-get-reduced/1277904 "2023-08-31T08:37:23Z")
Hey folks, my goal is to optimize a game containing a very simple scene with one MetaHuman. I want to run several instances of the packaged game on a Cloud Server GPU and pixelstream the rendered results from there. Ren… --- ## [Limiting UE4 RAM usage](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/limiting-ue4-ram-usage/337304)
**Author:** [@anonymous\_user\_a77086aa](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_a77086aa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/limiting-ue4-ram-usage/337304 "2022-09-09T15:07:51Z")
I am currently using UE4 version 4.9.2 and noticing at times the memory usage is off the charts. The machines I am running on have a large amount of ram ( 128gb ) and it seems unreal is happy to eat up half of that or ev… --- ## [Which RAM do you recommend with 5900X?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/which-ram-do-you-recommend-with-5900x/615415)
**Author:** [@anonymous\_user\_7b0566ef](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_7b0566ef)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/which-ram-do-you-recommend-with-5900x/615415 "2022-07-27T10:34:06Z")
Hello Everyone, I am updating a new setup for my Ryzen 5900X and need a little bit of help about rams, now I’m confused as to selecting a good ram. Which do you guys prefer/have? I, ve visit some informational websit… --- ## [Problem with build: Assertion failed 735](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/problem-with-build-assertion-failed-735/486995)
**Author:** [@Gerr](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Gerr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2021, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/problem-with-build-assertion-failed-735/486995 "2021-08-04T10:11:42Z")
Hi, I have a game that runs perfectly fine in the editor and as “standalone game” out of the editor. Packaging the game works also fine - no errors, only some warnings. But if i start the packaged game I have the foll… --- ## [PC runs out of memory during project launch/export](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pc-runs-out-of-memory-during-project-launch-export/474184)
**Author:** [@Grimstrikes](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Grimstrikes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/pc-runs-out-of-memory-during-project-launch-export/474184 "2020-11-09T22:20:52Z")
MaxMemoryAllowance should be the right setting to toggle. But there are different levels of Ue4 settings to play with. If you go your Engine config folder, you will see that there are base settings for , Engine. And of… --- ## [multi-user editing server loads RAM](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-user-editing-server-loads-ram/470566)
**Author:** [@Molotochek](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Molotochek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multi-user-editing-server-loads-ram/470566 "2020-08-30T19:02:59Z")
multi-user editing server loads RAM. In the task manager, you can see that the server running on the command line is loading the RAM. used with a colleague VPN for direct communication Hamachi. For a month we figured out… --- ## [How would this computer do for UE4 developing?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-would-this-computer-do-for-ue4-developing/467444)
**Author:** [@presto423](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/presto423)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-would-this-computer-do-for-ue4-developing/467444 "2020-06-30T14:40:54Z")
AMD Ryzen 7 (3rd Gen) 3700X, 8-core @ 3.6 GHz base 16 GB DDR4 RAM @ 3000 MHz and 32 MB cache (upgrades up to 64 GB w/ four RAM slots) NVidia RTX 2070 Super 1 GB NVMe SSD 7.1 channel surround sound capable Windows 10 … --- ## [Resource-Exhaustion-Detector - ID 2004](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/resource-exhaustion-detector-id-2004/463316)
**Author:** [@rikblauer](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/rikblauer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/resource-exhaustion-detector-id-2004/463316 "2020-04-04T16:00:51Z")
Before give you more detals, let me provide you my system and hardware specs: Windows 10 Single Language 64 bit, Intel Core i5 9300H with 2.40 Gzh (turbo boost aprox. 4.10 Gzh), Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 (3GB) GDDR5, Int… --- ## [Extremely high RAM usage by UE4](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/extremely-high-ram-usage-by-ue4/463210)
**Author:** [@FaTaL\_Mercenery](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/FaTaL_Mercenery)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/extremely-high-ram-usage-by-ue4/463210 "2020-04-02T17:00:45Z")
I’m currently making a tower defense game and I am attempting to currently create a grid system. I am using blueprints to make the game. When I am working on the project and viewing the level, my RAM usage soars with the… --- ## [Out of video memory - 4.24](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/out-of-video-memory-4-24/460229)
**Author:** [@laylaturutu](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/laylaturutu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/out-of-video-memory-4-24/460229 "2020-01-16T20:58:49Z")
Hi, here you can see my problem: I am getting this error in a very simple level (archiviz, empty map with a couple of static meshes of small house, wooden floor material, all the rest in clay, no foliage, no anything… --- ## [How can I make a game that doesn't demand much from the player's system?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-game-that-doesnt-demand-much-from-the-players-system/460069)
**Author:** [@ClubPenguin\_Gang](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ClubPenguin_Gang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-game-that-doesnt-demand-much-from-the-players-system/460069 "2020-01-01T19:33:44Z")
I want to make a game that can run well on old computers from around 2010 but I don’t know what I need to do with the game to have it not need a lot of dedicated video ram and not need a quad-core processor and not need … --- ## [Add ram in fortnite/epic game launcher](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/add-ram-in-fortnite-epic-game-launcher/415156)
**Author:** [@Piraaaatje](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Piraaaatje)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/add-ram-in-fortnite-epic-game-launcher/415156 "2019-09-19T13:23:31Z")
Dear Sir/Madam, I have installed the Epic Game Launcher and Fortnite. I want to add more ram to the game. I searched in the settings of Fortnite and the launcher but i can’t find it? Can u help me find it? Kind Regard… --- ## [What is better?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-is-better/451462)
**Author:** [@Potatoes\_ARE\_God](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Potatoes_ARE_God)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/what-is-better/451462 "2019-06-29T16:52:56Z")
I need some help on this. I can’t decide between these two options. /Quad-core i5, 8 gigs of DDR3 ram, rx 580/ or /Six-core i7, 16 gigs of DDR4 ram, Radeon Pro 555x/ (it is like 40% weaker than an gtx 1050) I can’t d… --- ## [Landscape layer blend weightmap - video ram usage](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/landscape-layer-blend-weightmap-video-ram-usage/438766)
**Author:** [@Czaja](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Czaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/landscape-layer-blend-weightmap-video-ram-usage/438766 "2019-04-14T22:29:26Z")
Ram usage goes through the roof a UE4 crashes when I try to import weight maps onto my fairly big landscape (8129x8129 res, 127x127 quads, I can’t make it lower res because of sculpting). I successfully imported two of … --- ## [BSOD at start](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/bsod-at-start/444092)
**Author:** [@adrienTriangles](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/adrienTriangles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/bsod-at-start/444092 "2019-02-27T13:52:40Z")
Hi! Just mounted my PC and I get a BOSD whenever loading a scene. I can make a default one but loading one will crash. The problem seem to be about ntoskrnl.exe and/or ntfs.sys. I ran different test, scans, fix such a… --- ## [Insane RAM consumption & Editor Crash when selecting "Asset Actions --\> Reload"](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/insane-ram-consumption-editor-crash-when-selecting-asset-actions-reload/443396)
**Author:** [@polygon](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/polygon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/insane-ram-consumption-editor-crash-when-selecting-asset-actions-reload/443396 "2019-02-14T14:23:54Z")
I have the problem that one of my blueprints seems to be corrupted. I can’t find out which one and why, because building the project works and there are no warnings or error messages in the message log or output log when… --- ## [Lightmass crashed](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lightmass-crashed/281214)
**Author:** [@Wowthever](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Wowthever)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/lightmass-crashed/281214 "2019-02-13T14:55:37Z")
Bug -Lightmass crashes when building lighting even with preview lighting quality. -Sometimes, the editor crashes as well when doing it and I receive a message of Windos telling me that the editor was closed due to a lac… --- ## [Not enough RAM for textures to run the game on android](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/not-enough-ram-for-textures-to-run-the-game-on-android/439231)
**Author:** [@THIRTEENDAYS](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/THIRTEENDAYS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/not-enough-ram-for-textures-to-run-the-game-on-android/439231 "2018-12-13T02:57:20Z")
Hi, I finished developing the game, but it doesn’t start on the android phone, the reason for it is not enough RAM. On iOS, the game works well, but there is enough RAM. My android phone has 512 MB of RAM. I conducted … --- ## [Very high RAM usage](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/very-high-ram-usage/439135)
**Author:** [@Delta1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Delta1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/very-high-ram-usage/439135 "2018-12-09T00:20:14Z")
I’m currently using ue4.15 and have an i7k, gtx1080 and 16gb of ram with windows 10, the RAM usage goes upto about 83% and it takes about 40 seconds to add a trigger in a blueprint! Is this normal, how much more RAM do … --- ## [100% Memory Use and Crash |Updated from 4.19 to 4.20](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/100-memory-use-and-crash-updated-from-4-19-to-4-20/435966)
**Author:** [@NukleerGandhi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/NukleerGandhi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/100-memory-use-and-crash-updated-from-4-19-to-4-20/435966 "2018-10-22T18:01:44Z")
Hi guys, Recently i updated to 4.20.3 from 4.19.2 and im having major issues with loading my maps. Upon opening the map my Memory usage goes 100% and shortly after the whole pc’s frozen and i have to pull the plug.Tho i… --- ## [Linux system RAM cannot be freed](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/linux-system-ram-cannot-be-freed/435883)
**Author:** [@Covio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Covio)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/linux-system-ram-cannot-be-freed/435883 "2018-10-18T09:30:52Z")
Hello everyone, I have a problem, UE4.16.1 , when I call OpenLevel function to switch LEVEL, when switch from a large level to a small level, In Windows system, the RAM will be released in normal, such as from 600MB to … --- ## [I install a 4gb DDR3 memory (i have other and the motherboard support to 16gb and 2 slots) and Fortnite just crash all the time](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-install-a-4gb-ddr3-memory-i-have-other-and-the-motherboard-support-to-16gb-and-2-slots-and-fortnite-just-crash-all-the-time/432313)
**Author:** [@anonymous\_user\_a173a71a1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_a173a71a1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/i-install-a-4gb-ddr3-memory-i-have-other-and-the-motherboard-support-to-16gb-and-2-slots-and-fortnite-just-crash-all-the-time/432313 "2018-08-23T19:20:30Z")
I install a 4gb DDR3 memory (i have other and the motherboard support to 16gb and 2 slots) and Fortnite just crash all the time, i unisntall it and try to reinstall it again and Epic Launcher crash when the download is a… [Next page](https://forums.unrealengine.com/tag/ram/2625.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=ram)