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System out of memory error! - 4/30/2014 4:27:25 AM

RICO7878

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I get this error usually after playing the game for more than and hour or so at a time, then this pops up and after restarting the game I'm good for until next time. I was thinking the problem will be fixed when I upgrade to a 64 bit windows and increase my ram but I read a post from someone else that they were still having the same problem as me so now I'm not sure

My PC config:

Intel core i7
Windows 7 32 bit
4GB RAM
NVIDIA 1GB video card

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RE: System out of memory error! - 4/30/2014 6:19:48 AM

CyclopsSlayer

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Win7 by itself wants ~2GB.
Distant Worlds is listed as ~1GB. (probably a lot more as Map size increases and empires expand)
Running an Anti-virus, browser, what all, could rapidly eat up the last 1GB available.

It might be another issue, but you might look into grabbing a pair of 4GB DIMMs

Depending on what your system uses;
DDR2 - $160-200 @Newegg
DDR3 - $60-90 @Newegg

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RE: System out of memory error! - 4/30/2014 6:28:05 AM

martyran

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I found this thread it might help
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3373770

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RE: System out of memory error! - 4/30/2014 6:33:48 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: martyran

I found this thread it might help
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3373770

ACK! You are right I had forgotten about the 4GB limit of a 32bit OS with the video card locking out a portion of it. In Rico's case he only has 3GB for the OS and DW with little to spare.

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RE: System out of memory error! - 4/30/2014 7:03:46 AM

zakblood

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clean out all the junk you have loaded, most of the stuff thats auto loaded with windows isn't needed every boot, there's plenty of site online that tell you or give you info on clean profiles for a better gaming boot, as why have half if not all the stuff loaded each time, eg printers etc when 99% of the time they aren't needed and only take up memory and space, load only what you need, disable the rest in start up, for me in a gaming setup, my anti virus is about the only thing i have auto loading at start, using windows 8.1, but did the same in win 7 and xp tbh

h88p://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-gaming/setting-up-a-user-profile-specifically-for-gaming/9e4f1230-63b9-476e-8cda-2f38c22f44db

h88p://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-xp-x86-32-bit-service-pack-3-service-configurations/

there are many many others, just an example 2 for you to look at, not the best choice as xp, but google win 7 clean gaming profiles etc for a start and then your laughing :)

good luck

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RE: System out of memory error! - 5/1/2014 11:46:08 PM

RICO7878

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Thanks for the info guys! Much appreciated, I'll update if any of these works for me.

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RE: System out of memory error! - 5/2/2014 12:54:11 AM

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