FC 26 PC – RTX 3050 4GB – Game Becomes Unplayable After Halftime

FC 26 PC has a serious VRAM or memory leak issue that makes the game unplayable on GPUs with 4GB VRAM. I am using an RTX 3050 Laptop GPU with 4GB VRAM, 16GB RAM, Windows 11, DirectX 12, and the game is installed on SSD. The match starts normally at around 60 FPS, but after halftime or in the second half the FPS suddenly drops to 5 to 10 FPS. VRAM usage keeps increasing and is never released, which strongly indicates a memory or shader cache leak. Restarting the game temporarily fixes the issue, but it returns in the very next match. I have already tried clean reinstalling NVIDIA drivers, testing both old and latest versions, clearing shader cache, increasing paging file, lowering graphics settings, disabling overlays, verifying game files, and reinstalling the game, but none of these are permanent solutions. Sometimes reinstalling GPU drivers fixes the issue only for the first launch, and once the game is closed and reopened the problem comes back, which confirms this is a game-side memory handling issue and not a hardware problem. This issue has been affecting PC players with 4GB VRAM GPUs for more than three months, yet there is still no official acknowledgement or fix from EA. I request EA to acknowledge this as a known PC issue, investigate FC 26 VRAM and memory management, release a proper patch instead of temporary workarounds, and communicate clearly with PC players who paid full price for the game.