High VRAM Usage, Possible Memory Leak
I noticed that the VRAM usage seems to increase over time during a session on BF6 regardless of the graphics settings used i.e. Low - Overkill. I gave it a test and noted that while setting the grap...
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Hello everyone,
I'm dealing with an annoying FPS drop issue in Battlefield 6 and I’m hoping someone can help me figure it out.
🖥️ My specs:
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5060 (8GB VRAM)
- CPU: Intel i5-14400F
- RAM: 32 GB DDR5
- OS: Windows 11 PRO 64-bit
- NVIDIA driver: 581.57 WHQL (latest Game Ready)
⚙️ What happens:
When I start playing, I get amazing performance — around 300–400 FPS on High settings (1080p).
After playing 2–3 matches, my FPS slowly drops to around 150–200 and stays there until I restart the game.
🔍 What I noticed:
- GPU usage stays high (~95–98%)
- VRAM usage keeps going up during matches (from ~6 GB to 7.2–7.4 GB)
- Temperatures are fine (~65°C)
- Restarting the game instantly brings performance back to normal
✅ What I tried:
- Cleared shader cache with DDU
- Verified game files in EA App
- Reinstalled the game
- Disabled overlays and background apps
💭 My guess:
It feels like some kind of VRAM memory leak or caching issue — performance keeps dropping the longer I play.
❓Can anyone confirm if they’re having the same problem or if there’s a fix for this?
I’d really appreciate any help or suggestions to solve it.
Thanks in advance!
hello.
while i was in the game i wen into the advanced graphics settings and at the bottom right where you see how much VRAM you are using to run your graphics settings. Well this seem to move about whilest you are in the game. so it could be possible that it could be a VRAM memory leak.
now i am not to sure, but check it out and see if this is normal or not.
Something seems bugged I can’t figure out what’s happening.
Another issue is that the graphics look the same on every preset: low, medium, or high.
I'm having the same issue too.
I have been experiencing the same issue since the launch, and it's not enjoyable. i7 13700k 4080 32 GB DDR5, not bleeding-edge equipment, but top-tier; no way in hell this game should be using 15.3GB of VRAM. It starts at nine, then game after game it creeps up to over 15 with significant degradation in FPS and quality, Hallmarks of Memory leaks.
It seems bugged and I can’t tell what’s going on.Also, no matter what settings I use (low, medium, high), the game looks the same.I’m not sure what to do at this point.
I have been experiencing the exact same situation that you have described on an RTX 5080. (16GB VRAM) I am running the game on 4K with DLSS-4 Quality enabled. All of the graphics settings are set to overkill along with the texture quality setting. When i launch the game initially, the VRAM slider found in the graphics settings tab indicates a VRAM usage of approximately 9GBs. As i continue playing the conquest mode, regardless of the map, this value gradually increases and indicates that the game occupies 15.4 GB of VRAM. According to my observations so far, the longer i play, the more drastic this occupance becomes, which eventually causes hitches, stutters and unusually low fps counts (Drops from around 100-110 fps to 70s in my case.)
This condition perfectly fits the definition of a "VRAM Memory Leak" as you described. The community would be grateful if the developers addressed this issue.
Someone suggested on Reddit to downgrade Nvidia graphics to 580.88 so i will try that.
did this work?
Has anyone tested whether the problem still persists with the new update?
Yes, the problem still persists and hasn’t been fixed in this patch. The simplest workaround is to lower the Texture Quality by one level. I have all settings on maximum — except for this one. Textures are set to Ultra.
My system: 7800X3D + 64 GB RAM + RTX 4080 Super, playing on Overkill 4K settings.Developers — please take note: there’s a serious issue with your ULTRA HD PACK when using Overkill settings — it causes VRAM overflow.
I'm waiting to receive the update.
We're now almost a month later and still no response from Dice. This is still an issue and need to be fixed.
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