Curse

goofy1 · May 17, 2005, 05:20 AM // 05:20

Ok...I keep getting an error "Out of memory" followed by a different message almost every time some examples are:
Out of memory
DxBuffer.cpp(451)
Out of memory
Exefile.pp(110)

Sorry if this is a dumb question...but what is causing this and how do I fix it?

By the way my specs are: (this is a laptop btw)

Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
Model
Gateway Gateway M320 and 4500 Series 53.01.01
System Serial Number: N8247 210 13114
Enclosure Type: Notebook
Processor a
1.50 gigahertz Intel Pentium M
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b
Board: Gateway Gateway M320 and 4500 Series KBC K53.28.17ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
Serial Number: 0123456789012345
BIOS: Phoenix 53.01.01 06/29/2004
Drives
80.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
71.03 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4040N [CD-ROM drive]

IC25N080ATMR04-0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n MRG457K4HDB0KH, rev MO4OAD4A, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules c,d
480 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'J6A' has 256 MB
Slot 'J7A' has 256 MB

Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.02 GB 71.03 GB free

RTCLegion · May 17, 2005, 05:57 AM // 05:57

The reason you are getting this error is more than likely due to the fact that your phyiscal memory has been used up.

There are 2 ways to correct this.
First and the best is to buy more memory to put in your computer.
Memory is the easiest piece of hardware you could posibly install.
No cables no power issues and they even idoit proofed against putting it in backwards.

The second is to increase your virutal memory. This is done in diffrent ways depending on your OS. Use your help file to figure out how you can adjust it.
The down side to this is that it isnt nearly as fast as physical memory AND because it uses your hard drive to write and re-write data over and over again quickly your hard drive will become defragmented very fast and you will experience performance loss. If you have to do this defrag you HD a lot!!!

goofy1 · May 17, 2005, 06:10 AM // 06:10

thanks a lot that's all I needed to know. Friend told me it might have been video card memory problems, so I wasn't sure. I know how to install more memory and basic things like that...changed a hardrive once, so I think I can upgrade memory sticks or something

goofy1 · May 17, 2005, 04:59 PM // 16:59

Also wondering...why would other games not have this problem, yet have greater memory requirements>> I had Sims2 installed on this computer and it ran perfectly fine, yet this game requires less memory and gets these memory errors about every hour to 2 hours