r/Returnal•
Runner_Rai

VRAM leak workaround that only worked me and might help somebody else

Bug / Issue

I googled searched for days and no answer helped me.

I turned on "Resolution Scaling" and moved the slider under "Resolution Percentage". My VRAM went from 14.5GB and dropped back to 9.8GB. This remained consistent with fixing low res textures after playing for about 1 hour

DLSS/FSR hasn't helped and eventually crashed to desktop.

Reference:
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
RTX 4080
64GB RM

Search reference:
Texture bug after playing for a while
Texture Streaming bug
Low Res
Low Resolution after playing for an hour

Posted Jul 6, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC

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