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    How to fix not enough memory error

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by CjQuick, Jun 21, 2014.

  1. CjQuick

    CjQuick Notebook Enthusiast

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    I keep getting not enough memory error when playing games... is there a fix to this?
     
    CjQuick, Jun 21, 2014
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  2. MacNoteBook

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    Hi there I believe that the way to overcome this is to play games at the same resolution your display is set to in the OS. For example I am running 1600x900 on my RB 2013 on windows 8.1, I also should run my games at 1600x900 to avoid the memory error. Hope that helps.


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    MacNoteBook, Jun 22, 2014
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  3. JeffSGeorge

    JeffSGeorge Notebook Guru

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    No, I have yet to come across a fix.
     
    JeffSGeorge, Jun 22, 2014
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  4. Porter

    Porter Notebook Virtuoso

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    I haven't found a fix yet either. I just ignore the error, and leave the error window open so that it doesn't keep popping up.

    I pop in and out of games at different resolutions all the time so changing my desktop res every time isn't a very good option, and then having to resize all my windows every time too.
     
    Porter, Jun 22, 2014
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  5. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    its apparently a windows error when running at high resolutions (or not), MS has to fix it
     
    Karamazovmm, Jun 22, 2014
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    Unfortunately, we are at the mercy of Microsoft software engineers as this problem is with almost every game on Windows 8. There are a couple fixes I have seen while Google searching the issue, non of which I would recommend personally as it deals with registry tweaking to physically disable the pop up window.
     
    triksterr, Jun 22, 2014
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  7. TJCacher

    TJCacher Notebook Consultant

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    Here is my solution (work-around, that is), although I suspect not many will want to do it this way.

    I'm now running both my most frequently-used games (Skyrim and Fallout: New Vegas) in a window on the desktop, which seems to completely eliminate the out of memory error from occurring.

    I don't mind running games in a window, as long as the window covers the whole screen except for the Windows taskbar. I believe many games will allow this (I'm sure some do not), although sometimes it takes a little digging to figure out how to do it, if there aren't adequate built-in options for running the game in a window or for setting the exact size and/or position of the game window. For my games, for example, I have to manually edit the games' INI files since the window sizes I need to use are not available through the games' built-in setup options.

    If you could stomach running in a (almost full-screen) window and can figure out how to accomplish it with your particular game, this may work for you, too.
     
    TJCacher, Jun 22, 2014
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  8. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    There's some tools out there that allow you to run "full screen windowed". I used it to fix one game in past.
     
    hfm, Jun 22, 2014
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  9. mindinversion

    mindinversion Notebook Evangelist

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    Turn your pagefile back on, set it to at least 4096 Min/Max.
     
    mindinversion, Jun 23, 2014
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