Virtual Memory.

[littlexwing]

While playing some games, after a while it Exit's the game, and I get a little popup saying something about Windows Virtual Memory too low? I'm not quite sure.. But

Anyway to solve this?? It gets annoying

[Tiber Septim]

Well, first thing we need to know is what kind of system you are running.
Follow these steps for info on how to post you systems specs.

The message you are getting is usually indicative of a buggy application with a memory leak.
A memory leak is a common problem caused by applications when they continually use more and more memory until you shut down the program, end the process manually or restart Windows.
Virtual memory, also known as a page file or swap file, is a file on your hard drive that Windows and applications use in addition to RAM as needed.

The quickest way to find out what is causing the problem is to press CTRL-ALT-DEL, then go to the process tab.
At the top of the window click View-> Select Columns.
Check the Virtual Memory Size box and click Ok.

Then, double click on the VM Size colum to arrange the processes by their VM Size from largest to smallest.

Once you've done all that, start up one of the offending games and let it run for a while, then check back in the Task Manager, take a screenshot and post it back here.
Do this for any of the games that are crashing on you, so we can double check to see if it is having a memory leak.
Normally however, the best way to fix these problems are to try and re-install the games, install more physical memory or Patch the game to a later version, as developers normally fix these types of bugs.

[littlexwing]

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name R2D2 (awesome wikked cool computer yo)
User Name Store Copy

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2533 MHz (19 x 133)
Motherboard Name Dell Dimension 4550
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale i845PE
System Memory 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (04/22/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter RADEON 9000 SERIES - Secondary (64 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9000 SERIES (64 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9000 (RV250)
Monitor Dell E173FP [17" LCD] (U493153D356L)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Series Audio Processor

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive IC35L060AVV207-0 (60 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive _NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A (DVD:4x/2.4x/12x, CD:16x/10x/40x DVD+RW)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8481B (48x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 57215 MB (30023 MB free)


if you need more info just let me know, Thanks

[Tiber Septim]

Give this a try:
Right click 'My Computer' ->Go to Properties.
Select the 'Advanced' Tab.
Under 'Performance' click Settings.
Select the 'Advanced' Tab.
Under Vitual memory, click change.

Could you please take a screenshot of what you see here and post it so we can check if it is set 'correctly'.

Cheers.

[littlexwing]

Sorry I couldnt insert the image right into the post, I attached it though hope it works fine.

[pharoah]

384mb for that is plenty when you factor in you only have 256mb system memory.try to stop as many running processes as possible when playing games.see if that has any affect on the problem.

[littlexwing]

I've done that, I close everything I can. The only thing I see open down by the clock is the Volume control, I know I can close more by going to process's in the CTRL-ALT-DEL tab but I'm not sure what I should close, But I do close everything I can that I know I dont need.

[pharoah]

where it says initial size just change it to 512,and see if it helps.

[littlexwing]

Alright will do, Thanks

[pharoah]

be sure to post back,and let us know if it helped.you may just need more ram.

[littlexwing]

Alright, I'll post back next time I play.
Thanks.

[Tiber Septim]

you may just need more ram.

More than likely, heck, even Windows XP needs a minimum of 128. That's not leaving much for games since most these days require at least 512Mb.

[JP198780]

yeah, 512 would be perffect...

i only got 256MB also w/ XP Pro, gonna get either 512-640MB..