Archicad Using too much RAM

[Anonymous]

Hi there
I have noticed recently when I have 2 versions of Archicad v17 running
In the Task Manager - Processes one of them will sit at the typical 500mb of ram usage while the other one is currently using 2.5 GB of RAM
(2,576,928 K to be exact it seems to be running at a maximum as the number does not change)
(this is while a Cross Section View is open and computer is Idle)

It has only recently started doing this, did they mess something up with a recent update or has my archicad 18 installation affected something?

Anyone else having similar problems?

[Anonymous]

Hi, Thanks for your replys

Its good to see that Graphisoft are taking a keen interest in the issue. 😃

I have not had a problem with multiple instances of archicad prior to the installation of Archicad 18

The odd thing is that the problem is occuring in v17 and only from the time v18 was installed.
(we havent officially started using v18 yet, as converting files back in case of program instability is not something we have time for. while waiting for a stable/build/hotfix)

My computer has not changed or been upgraded or anything at this time so I ruled out hardware issues.

I hope the v17 fix comes soon as currently even on a machine with 8gb of RAM having 2 archicads open (possibly with high polygon complex models) is causing the first instance of archicad to push up over 1 and sometimes 2 GB of RAM taking my computers total RAM sometimes up to 5GB of RAM and making the program exceptionally slow laggy & barely usable.

I would have to save, close and restart the AC instance sometimes several times until the idle speed was reduced.

[Barry Kelly]

methy,
I see you have an NVIDIA GeForce card.
Have you tried turning off ‘NVIDIA Streamer Service’ as mentioned in Marton's post?
Does that solve the problem while you wait for the hotfix?

Barry.