"Your computer is low on memory" when its clearly not

Anonymous
2013-11-09T16:08:20+00:00

This problem started when i upgraded from windows 8 to windows 8.1

When i run a game, for example, Arma3 randomly throughout my game i'll be thrown back to windows desktop and presented with a message saying "Your computer is low on memory. Save your files and close these programs: 'Game name here'"

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As you can see from the above screenshot i have 2.6gb in use and 5.3 free, so why does it think its out of memory?

I have set my pagefile from "system managed" to 16gb initial - 24gb max

This made no difference whatsoever..

My hardware has not changed, Like i said i noticed this almost instantly after upgrading to 8.1

Any help would be appreciated because as far as i'm aware theres no way to revert back to 8 from 8.1?

Thanks

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Anonymous
2015-02-05T01:19:41+00:00

Thanks Adriaan - I have changed the registry setting and rebooting seems to help.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-05-18T10:29:36+00:00

    I have the same problem on a Intel HD, no dedicaded card. It is not related to the driver itself

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-24T23:07:40+00:00

    Having this problem too with Windows 8.1 and now with Update 1 too.

    :S There will be a fix?

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-28T11:01:32+00:00

    Just to add me to the list: I'm also having this problem since updating to Windows 8.1 x64. Using an i3 Intel NUC with an integrated Intel HD 4400 GPU and updating all the drivers doesn't seem to help in this case.

    Also, this doesn't seem to related to any particular games as the error message occurs in almost every 3D game I've tried so far. Basic 2D games don't seem to be affected though.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-29T10:35:12+00:00

    I have returned to the bosom of Microsoft after using a Macbook Air for 18 months, and bought a brand spanking new gaming laptop with 8GB of RAM and an Nvidia 860M, running 8.1 update 1.

    First game I installed is Bioshock 1 (this is how long I haven't played PC games for) and I am getting this error consistently.

    Ahhhh, the bosom of Microsoft, just as I remember it.   Maybe I should start googling for BSOD 0x0000xxx error codes, just to refresh my memory before they start flashing up..............

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