# 8GB RAM, still requires 20GB swap after a while

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028 "2014-11-09T19:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/asdfirl22)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/1 "2014-11-09T19:58:04Z")

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I’ve 8GB RAM, running BF4 on Win 8.1, no other apps (Chrome with Battlelog).  
If I’ve the swap space set to 8GB, after a while I get a BF4 crash (out of memory). If I let windows manage the swap file, it works fine but it increases to about 20GB after a while.

Is there a memory leak somewhere or what’s going on? Surely BF4 would be able to run fine with 8GB of RAM?

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**Author:** ![martyFREEDOM](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@martyFREEDOM](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/martyFREEDOM)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/2 "2014-11-10T00:09:29Z")

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What is your video card and processor? There is a memory leak that happens from time to time with certain combinations. On my computer before I changed video cards, it would fill up the memory without a process in task manager visibly using the memory, so I’d need to reboot to gain that memory back.

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**Author:** ![asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/asdfirl22)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/3 "2014-11-10T00:49:52Z")

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I’ve a 2600k and a GTX980. I’ll try to change swap settings back to auto.

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**Author:** ![achterruimte](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@achterruimte](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/achterruimte)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/4 "2014-11-10T15:29:46Z")

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I’ve had this on my computer. When it crashes, check your task manager → performance → non-pooled memory. If it’s at 99% you probably have the same problem as I had.

My fix was going into Origin → bf4 settings and changing the executable to the 32bit one.

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**Author:** ![asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@asdfirl22](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/asdfirl22)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/5 "2014-11-10T21:19:43Z")

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I think that did the trick, thanks. Well either that or using 32bit

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**Author:** ![gamebuster](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@gamebuster](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/gamebuster)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/8gb-ram-still-requires-20gb-swap-after-a-while/112028/6 "2014-11-16T10:32:04Z")

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If you’re using Mantle, try switching to DirectX