Not enough Virtual Memory Error - what should i do?

Question

I recently started getting the following error when trying to run a game on my laptop: DirectX has reported you do not have enough Virtual Memory to run this game. The game used to run fine. I have 2 GB of RAM and this is a Dell 600 (2GHz). I don't have much else running either. I'm assuming I can change a setting somewhere to set aside more virtual memory. Any ideas?

Sorry- just realized thsat the error message was "Not Engouh Video Memory", not Virtual. Any new suggestions?

Answer 1

Virtual Memory is space allocated on your hard drive for those times that your physical memory (RAM) is not enough.

To increase the amount of virtual memory go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory "Change" > Custom Size > adjust as needed. 1.5 times your physical RAM is a good minimum and 3 times your physical memory in MB is good for your maximum.

Answer 2

Not Enough Virtual Memory

Answer 3

Virtual memory is space on your hard drive that is set aside to act like system memory. This is called the swap file. You can change your swap file settings in Windows. In Windows XP, you can set/change your settings by going into the Control Panel, System, Advanced tab, Performance settings, then click the Advanced tab.

If you are running out of swap space, uninstall unused programs and free up some hard disk space. You might be running low.

Answer 4

Virtual Memory is space allocated on your hard drive
to increase the amount of virtual memory just right click on my computer> Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory "Change" > Custom Size > adjust as you like.

Answer 5

Changing the amount of virtual memory is easy to change. In most situations where an error message regarding a shortage of virtual memory, the problem is due to too little free hard drive space. As you know, virtual memory is created by treating some of the hard drive space (ROM) as if it was RAM. One solution would be to delete obsolete files and see if that corrects the problem. If you wat to change the size of the virtual memory, right click My Computer > Properties > "Advance" tab > under "Performance" click [Settings] > "Advance" tab > under "Virtual Memory" > [Change] > select "Custom size" > under "Maximum" and "Minimum" enter "512 MB" or whatever size you want > [Apply] > [O.K.]. You have 2GB of RAM installed, you can choose not to use virtual memory by setting the size to "0."

Answer 6

Virtual memory isn't like RAM, it's hard drive your computer uses like memory. Go to control panel, system, advanced, then the settings tab under "performance", then advanced again. Where it says "virtual memory" click "change". Set the number to something higher. If you have a gig of hard drive space to spare, just go for 512mb or 1024mb. I can't imagine you'd need more than that.

Answer 7

2 GB in itself is enough for any process to run properly.

To increase your Virtual memory..(if its windows XP)...right click on My computer-->right click-->properties-->advanced-->performance settings-->advanced--->change. You can alter your virtual memory size here...

However tis could also because of anumber of unwanted processes running in the background at might be eatin up your RAM. Just to ensure open Task Manager(ctrl+alt+del)--->rocessses--> right click on the processes that you can identify and feel that you dont require it right now...click on end process..do this for all the processes you can identify....(Note :: if unknowingly you tend to close something that makes your lappy unstable... just restart it and dont close that particular process the second time)... If this works out then Click on Start->Run, type msconfig, click OK -> choose startup--> and deselect all the processes that you don't want to startup automatically when your system boots.


Happy gaming.


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Answer 8

Yes you can depending on the operating system. On XP I know you right click on my computer then select propertise and go to the tab that says adavnce and click the proformance button. There you will see the option to change virutal memory.

Answer 9

up-grade the video card with 128 or 256 MB of video ram.