I am contacting you regarding a serious VRAM memory leak that I experience while playing DayZ on my PC.
I use an Intel Arc B580 12GB graphics card. I recently found an official Intel support article (Article ID: 000101452), which confirms that DayZ has a VRAM leak issue on the Intel Arc B580.
Intel states that the issue is related to the game itself and recommends contacting the DayZ developers.
My PC specifications:
GPU: ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger OC 12GB
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz
Storage: Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe SSD
Operating System: Windows 11 Home
GPU Driver: 32.0.101.9150
Resizable BAR: Enabled
PCIe: 3.0
Description of the issue:
The problem occurs when playing on modded DayZ servers.
During extended gameplay, VRAM usage gradually increases until it reaches approximately 11.8GB out of 12GB.
As the VRAM fills up, game performance deteriorates significantly. The game does not seem to release the allocated graphics memory properly.
The only way to restore normal performance is to completely close DayZ and launch it again.
I have already tried various troubleshooting methods, including changing graphics settings and checking my Intel graphics drivers. My drivers are up to date, but the problem still persists.
Intel's official documentation:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000101452/graphics.html
Intel confirmed that this issue is related to DayZ itself.