Fix Out of Video Memory (VRAM) Game Crashes

Problem overview

Your game crashes suddenly and throws an “Out of video memory” error message. This means your graphics card does not have enough Video RAM to load the required assets, leading to an immediate application crash.

Common causes

• Texture quality or resolution settings set too high for your GPU
• Memory leaks in the game engine
• RTX or ray tracing settings consuming massive amounts of VRAM
• Background applications like web browsers hoarding VRAM

Solution 1: Lower in-game settings

1. Launch the game and navigate to the graphics or video Settings menu.
2. Reduce the texture quality to medium or low.
3. Lower your display resolution if you are playing at 4K or 1440p.
4. Disable all ray tracing or RTX features, as these are heavily VRAM dependent.
5. Save your changes and restart the game.

Solution 2: Increase the Windows page file

1. Press Win + S, type Advanced system settings, and hit Enter.
2. Under the Advanced tab, click Settings in the Performance section.
3. Go to the Advanced tab and click Change under Virtual memory.
4. Uncheck Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.
5. Select your fastest drive (preferably an SSD) and choose System managed size, or set a custom size of at least 16384 MB.
6. Click Set, then OK, and restart your PC.

Solution 3: Roll back your GPU driver

1. Press Win + X and select Device Manager.
2. Expand Display adapters and double-click your GPU.
3. Click the Driver tab.
4. Select Roll Back Driver if the option is available.
5. Restart your system once the process finishes.