this game tends to transfer load from GPU VRAM to RAM before hitting max VRAM capacity. that's why it seems it's only using 7GB, when it's actually spilling data to RAM. It is happening more or less whenever we see that more than 12GB of RAM is used. Without spilling, RAM wouldn't go much higher than 12 GB in this particular game. that being said, the game is doing a good job there! it is perfectly playable with 60+ FPS, even when VRAM isn't enough, which is great.
true.... Burning shore DLC first settlement just stutters like hell.... I get 90+ fps at base game @1440p, Max settings (except textures high).. But in DLC fps drops to 60s... and stutters