Memory usage on desktop compared to laptop

Thanks for pre-ordering the game. Good to hear you're liking it so far.

The difference you see in RAM usage from your laptop and desktop is because most probably you have an integrated graphics card in your laptop with no dedicated memory, like an Intel HD 4000 or similiar card, while you have a graphics card with dedicated RAM in your desktop.

What this means is that the laptop's graphics card will use the system's RAM for the graphics data storage. So, instead of consuming the normal 2.5GB of RAM, the game will use around 4.5GB of system RAM (since the graphics card has no dedicated RAM). Usually, a graphics card has around 1GB up to 4GB DDR3/5 RAM, which is usually much faster than system RAM, as well.

Let us know what are your graphics cards, in both the laptop and desktop.

In the meantime, we'll see what we can do to optimize the RAM usage of the game.

\Edit: Sorry, I realize you already said what graphics card you have in your laptop, the NVM5400 card. Could it be the "NVIDIA NVS 5400M"?

\Edit2: Could you also send us the output_log.txt file when you run the game on your laptop? The log can be found in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\LocalLow\Praxis Games\ISG\ You can upload files here by using the "Upload a File" button n or "More options" -> "Upload a file" that you can find the lower right. Thanks!

 

Thanks for the output log. Yes, 1GB RAM difference is due to the laptop's card having 1GB and your desktop 2GB. However, there's still 1GB different at work here, so it should be something else as you say.

Could you do me a favor? Could you send me a screenshot of your GPU performance stats, which includes the memory usage? You can find it in the Windows Task Manager and then click the Performance tab and then select the GPU below. Could you send a screenshot for both the laptop and desktop? Thanks a lot!

Here's mine when starting a new game.

 

Thanks for the stats, they were helpful.

I have good news for Win7 users such as youself who have laptops with integrated graphics cards with none or low memory. We were able to optimize the RAM usage to use ~1GB less RAM. The audio was being loaded all upfront, causing the game to use 1.27GB of RAM for that alone! While this was kind of easy for a 2GB graphics card to digest, it was causing a lot of stress on systems with integrated graphics cards, with low or no dedicated memory.

I just made a test in Win7 and the memory footprint has lowered from the ~4.2GB you report to 3.3GB.

I think you will have a better time loading and running the game with this optimization medway. This optimization will be available in the next build, as soon as we solve the most pressing bugs and performance issues.

Thanks!

 

Yeah, those memory numbers you're getting on your desktop are inline with what we were expecting.

 

For the memory issue in your laptop, what are your graphics cards there, the exact models?

I believe you said to have an Intel HD 4000 integrated card, but you also said to have a NVidia card in the laptop? Correct? What's your NVidia card model, which is the one you're running the game on I suppose. I ask because I need to check how much memory that card has to be able to assess this memory issue better.

Thanks!

 

Can you confirm that you're launching the game with the Nvidia card? You can right click on the game's shortcut icon to force which card to run the game on. There is an option at the top when you do right click in the shortcut where you can choose which card to launch the game. It will show you your High performance card (Nvidia) and your integrated card (Intel) as options. Let us know your memory footprint in the laptop when launching the game with the High performance card.