@Zenimax: isolation of memory leak from trending posts?

VlVEC · May 2014

Hey admins/mods/techs @ Zenimax.

I've been lurking the forums all day and noticed a trend in people really getting slammed with this "memory leak". They all seem to be using a crossfire set-up with ATI cards.

Hope this helps resolve the problem.

Thanks for all the hard work, Lord Vivec aka xXx360CHIMER420xXx

VlVEC · May 2014

Thanks for the constructive post.

Katkon · May 2014

I'm using a single Titan and also have the leak. Am running 64 bit Windows 7 like many others.

VlVEC · May 2014

Katkon wrote: »

I'm using a single Titan and also have the leak. Am running 64 bit Windows 7 like many others.

If we can get people to start posting their specs that are experiencing the leak maybe we can help.

i7CPU 930 @ 2.80GHz, 2801Mhz
6GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 7800 series

ExiledKhallisi · May 2014

Using a Radeon 4670 dont post ***.

Buck · May 2014

VlVEC wrote: »

Hey admins/mods/techs @ Zenimax.

I've been lurking the forums all day and noticed a trend in people really getting slammed with this "memory leak". They all seem to be using a crossfire set-up with ATI cards.

Hope this helps resolve the problem.

Thanks for all the hard work, Lord Vivec aka xXx360CHIMER420xXx

I'm not using crossfire... but thanks for starting a new thread.

Sayaddina · May 2014

64bit 7 with a single r9 290x, and I also have the memory leak, however it has not caused my client to crash. The only reasoning I can come up with for that is that I have 32 gigs of ram slotted and I'm relogging about every hour.

VlVEC · May 2014

I must of been wrong about the crossfire, I just saw 5 people in a row mention it so it threw up a red flag.

What are some trends regarding memory leaks that we can spot in peoples hardware?

Hornex · May 2014

You should post CPU and GPU since memory controller is on the CPU for modern CPU's.

Kaelis33 · May 2014

It could be with AMD cards, I have a 6970...just the one card though. I7 920 Intel CPU

WhimsyDragon · May 2014

No crossfire here!
Radeon HD 5700 Series

elorei · May 2014

AMD card here, also.

rawne1980b16_ESO · May 2014

Katkon wrote: »

I'm using a single Titan and also have the leak. Am running 64 bit Windows 7 like many others.

Also running a Titan except on Windows 8, also getting memory leak, eternal loading screens and random crashes.

Buck · May 2014

Radeon HD6950
64bit Windows7

PrimalShadeCG · May 2014

ASUS Desktop
Intel Core i7 2600 CPU 3.40 GHz
16GB Ram
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Im getting a crash pop up roughly every 20-30 minutes in game,i had no issues at all with performance before patch 1.2.2

Akhratos · May 2014

Radeon here. Single card build btw.

Alpha_Protocol · May 2014

It has nothing to do with your video card or machine specs.

Transorb · May 2014

Confirmed very slow memory "leak". Not sure if my specs will help but here they are:

-Windows 7 Pro - 64 bit
-AMD FX 8350 8-Core Processor
-16gb Ram
-Gigabyte 990 FX motherboard
-Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256bit GDDR5 Graphics Card
-Raidmax Vampire ATX Full size case
-6 internal cooling fans
-750w Roswell ATX Supply
-LG Blueray player/burner
-Seagate 1tb / 8gb Hybrid harddrive

Hope this helps

bayudness · May 2014

Memory leaks by their very nature are not hardware related....
its based on artifacts left in memory by the software that are no longer used or needed by currently running programs.

So maybe before posting on a memory leak you might want to actually know what one is....

Mortuum · May 2014

They already have a fix and testing it, so stop opening new discussions about same...Go look for attention somewhere else, you are not helping them OP.

Buck · May 2014

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Hey everyone, just a quick update -

We're currently testing the memory leak fix, and plan to roll out the hotfix this afternoon.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/101227/confirmed-memory-leak-in-1-1-2#latest

Kaelis33 · May 2014

bayudness wrote: »

Memory leaks by their very nature are not hardware related....
its based on artifacts left in memory by the software that are no longer used or needed by currently running programs.

So maybe before posting on a memory leak you might want to actually know what one is....

They can be driver related sometimes. How a program interacts with certain drivers used for certain hardware.

VlVEC · May 2014

Kaelis33 wrote: »

bayudness wrote: »

Memory leaks by their very nature are not hardware related....
its based on artifacts left in memory by the software that are no longer used or needed by currently running programs.

So maybe before posting on a memory leak you might want to actually know what one is....

They can be driver related sometimes. How a program interacts with certain drivers used for certain hardware.

@Kaelis33 Some people just love to argue rather than help.

Alpha_Protocol · May 2014

Kaelis33 wrote: »

bayudness wrote: »

Memory leaks by their very nature are not hardware related....
its based on artifacts left in memory by the software that are no longer used or needed by currently running programs.

So maybe before posting on a memory leak you might want to actually know what one is....

They can be driver related sometimes. How a program interacts with certain drivers used for certain hardware.

A driver is a program that calls functions. It's not hardware.

VlVEC · May 2014

It calls functions from a specific piece of hardware.

Kaelis33 · May 2014

Alpha_Protocol wrote: »

Kaelis33 wrote: »

bayudness wrote: »

Memory leaks by their very nature are not hardware related....
its based on artifacts left in memory by the software that are no longer used or needed by currently running programs.

So maybe before posting on a memory leak you might want to actually know what one is....

They can be driver related sometimes. How a program interacts with certain drivers used for certain hardware.

A driver is a program that calls functions. It's not hardware.

Its still going to appear as hardware related, because it will affect people with a certain hardware setup. I think MOST people understand this concept. Regardless of what you think, it can definitely be hardware related if you don't have the hardware in a configuration the game can handle or work with effectively.

Obviously its the task of software engineers to create software that works properly on all the most common hardware setups. Or else they would never sell any software. And I don't think anyone is arguing that modern video cards and sounds cards should not be supported CORRECTLY by this game.

And we don't even know if it is driver related, the only reason I think it must be related to something with specific hardware setups is because it does not affect everyone. Windows 7 is a common operating system, RAM is RAM and problems have been reported by people with various amounts of RAM.

That leaves graphics/sound settings and video and sound cards. Or something of that nature. It's logical to me in any case.

RazzPitazz · May 2014

If it is hardware related the only things it could be are RAM or CPU. Either your RAM is compromised or your CPU can't handle the patch appropriatly. otherwise it is software related. Possibly missing packets from patch? Would that explain why some people have this leak while other do not, regardless of specs?

skarvika · May 2014

CPU : AMD FX-8150
GPU: AMD Radeon HD7950 3GB
RAM : 8 GB DDR3 1600MHz
HD: 2TB
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Motherboard : Asus M5A78L-M LX

ZOS_JasonI · May 2014

Hey there, everyone. Thanks for the information! We're actually working to push a hotfix out today/tonight that will fix this issue. We've closed this thread because we have a megathread about this issue. We'll update this thread as soon as we have more information. Thank you all again for your patience!