my available RAM is 1.6 GB and total RAM is 8 GB but my installed RAM is 16 GB

[brittle charm]

I can't do anything with 1.6 available RAM and my rtx 2060 is performing same as my old ass gtx 760 or sometimes even worse

[thorn thistle]

The page file will shrink when your pc uses the ram for other tasks

[brittle charm]

but i still can just use 1.6 GB of RAM and page file space iz 11 GB

[thorn thistle]

Start up a game and you will see it will use up more than 1.6 GB

[brittle charm]

opera GX is using 1.7 gb rn but it says its using 70% of my RAM

[thorn thistle]

Now start up some other thing and it will use up even more ram

And the page file will use that amount less

[brittle charm]

i now use 3gb of ram and it says i am using 90%

[thorn thistle]

See the 70% and 90% don't match with those values

If you start up something more intensive it will use up even more ram

[brittle charm]

but my gpu bc of that is underpeforming

[thorn thistle]

Check temps

Use HWInfo64

[brittle charm]

whats that

[thorn thistle]

For checking the stats of what is going on in your pc

Clock speeds, temperature, wattage,....

[brittle charm]

well i tried recently Furmark4 smt like that and i got gpu 100% but in fortnite i get 30%

and in other games

[thorn thistle]

Run a benchmark like Cinebench or 3DMark demo

Then you will know if it's actually underperforming

[brittle charm]

aight

[obtuse hedge]

Screenshot...task manager -> performance tab...memory section

[fringe nymph]

It is not, because the GPU has its own VRAM that's separate

[fringe nymph]

What this is (most likely) saying is
"7.93GB of phyiscal memory is in active use, and 8.07GB of phyisical memory is on standby. The remaining 1.62GB is free and available to other tasks."

[fringe nymph]

Which means your GPU isn't bottlenecked, and Fortnite underperforms due to something else - either the CPU is lacking, or, yes, memory usage is a problem

Though, I bet, it's most likely caused by too much background junk running -- check Task Manager -> Startup apps and see what's Enabled

[brittle charm]

i do have ryzen 5 2600 6 cores but i sitll idk why am i getting such low fps

i had as much as junk as on my previous pc like running opera gx with 100 tabs and other things but i have the same fps as now

why is my hardware using half of my ram

[obtuse hedge]

this is the reason...why i told you to provide screenshot...I knew..8 GB was hardware reserved...

[brittle charm]

so can i use all of my ram

i mean is thgere a way to use more of my ram

[obtuse hedge]

Possible reason..

1. One of the memory sticks is bad...or improperly seated..

2. Integrated graphics... took the 8 GB ram..

3. Windows issue...

[brittle charm]

ok its prolly the ram stick bc this is a used pc but is the ram issue why my gpu is only 30% using in games

[obtuse hedge]

You are basically playing...with 8 GB ram...not 16 GB...8 GB ram will show stutter in games...causing the lag...and lower gpu usage!..

If its constant 30%...then its a different issue..

Either way.. Get your RAM issue fixed...

[brittle charm]

well its not constant 30% its 40 then 37 then 50 then 20 and like that

so it is a ram issue

[obtuse hedge]

Yep!..

[brittle charm]

but what ram should i buy

i mean

can i just go on amazon and buy some 8gb ram stick

[obtuse hedge]

First test the ram...find the faulty ram stick...

[brittle charm]

or...

and how do i do that

bios?

[obtuse hedge]

@brittle charm Basically this..