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    Why all of the sudden am I running out of memory when I run flight simulator?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by XM DUDE, Jul 25, 2006.

  1. XM DUDE

    XM DUDE Newbie

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    I have a 120 GIG HD and 1 GIG of ram, but on long flights with add on aircraft I run out of memory and flight sim shuts down, this happens on the 8 hour flights, and my PMDG addon aircraft have had their FMC data base wiped out, what is going on?
     
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    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    wrong forum, I'd check and see what all process you have running, and disable those you dont need
     
    Iceman0124, Jul 25, 2006
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  3. XM DUDE

    XM DUDE Newbie

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    The weird thing is I'm not doing anything different, the only thing is now the memory issiues, and my HD is 60% clear, lots of room, I don't get it.
     
    XM DUDE, Jul 25, 2006
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    How do you know you are running out of memory? Open the task manager and see how much is being used. FS shouldn't use that much . .

    I'd also check for any patches/updates to the game, they could fix problems and issues like this.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jul 25, 2006
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  5. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    What size is your pagefile set to?

    If you really run out of memory, the game most likely has a memory leak. Check if there's a patch that fixed is.

    Otherwise, increase the size of your pagefile. (Although Windows normally does that automatically)
     
    Jalf, Jul 25, 2006
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    sounds like you might benefit from another gig of ram. If I were you I'd try reinstalling the game or reformatting first
     
    captainhappypants, Jul 25, 2006
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  7. Jalf

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    If he gets an actual out of memory error, buying more ram won't help.

    The OS uses the pagefile to make it look like you have a full 4GB memory, so if you run out of memory, so even if you had, say, 4 MB ram, the app would in theory *still* run. Just veeery veery slowly because everything would be constantly swapped in and out of memory

    But if if app runs out of memory and crashes, there's something wrong.
     
    Jalf, Jul 25, 2006
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  8. XM DUDE

    XM DUDE Newbie

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    Would a PC Dock pro work to fix this problem as every other profram works just fine but flight sim is still screwed up even after reinstalling, I took a flight out of KSEA to PHNL with an add on aircraft, and the frame rates dropped like a stone 15 minutes into the flifgt, do you think fs is screwed up?
     
    XM DUDE, Jul 26, 2006
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Do you have the patch?

    1gb of RAM seems enough for FS2004, try lowering your video settings a little bit.

    Also sometimes add-on aircraft can cause issues in the games stability, but without them FS would suck. :)
     
    usapatriot, Jul 26, 2006
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  10. XM DUDE

    XM DUDE Newbie

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    the weird thing is addons have worked great before.
     
    XM DUDE, Jul 26, 2006
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    hydra, Jul 26, 2006
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