God of War Ragnarok is out on PC, but if you're running a GPU with 8GB of VRAM, you might run into some issues with performance.
God of War Ragnarok is finally on PC after two years being chained to the PlayStation 5. The game, which we praised in our God of War Ragnarok review, comes complete with the Valhalla DLC and plenty of PC-exclusive features. But two major problems with the port are already sullying the experience for players.
Get your weekly teardown of the tech behind PC gaming Check your inbox! Privacy Policy I didn’t need to use a PSN account to play the game, though. I had the option to sign into PSN, but the game didn’t force me to even after testing on two different PCs. Across both, however, the game automatically installed the PlayStation PC SDK. That could create problems on non-Windows devices, such as the Steam Deck OLED.
After starting the game and through the first half hour or so, it consumed about 11GB of VRAM. That’s not unheard of for a PC release in 2024, but the number kept climbing. After the first major boss of the game, I checked in and saw the game was consuming 18GB of VRAM — the highest consumption I’ve ever seen. And in the first hour of the game, up to the first major boss, you don’t visit many new locations. It’s all focused in one area, suggesting there is a memory leak.
I’ve only had a few hours with God of War Ragnarok so far, but that kind of performance suggests that the game isn’t clearing out occupied area in VRAM fast enough. Another hint came when I reopened the game. When I closed the game, it was consuming around 18GB of VRAM. When I reopened it in the exact same area and starting playing again, it dropped down to 11GB.
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