Skyrim High Resolution Texture Pack and 4GB of RAM

Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:00 pm

Anyone running both? If so, are you receiving the Windows low on memory error? Just wondering because I am and I want to figure out where the problem is coming from (i.e. too many mods or problem with game).

Computer Specifications:

i7-950
4GB of RAM
GTX 670
Skyrim installed on a SSD
Fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit, so Steam and BitDefender are the only one's running in the background.
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Isabel Ruiz
 
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:19 pm

RAM doesn't really matter, it's vRAM for textures. With a GTX 670, you'll be fine.

Your memory issues are coming from other mods.
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:36 pm

Hmmm, wouldn't have thought that 4gb of ram would cause it to do that... I have a gtx 670 with 2500k and 8gb of ram and I'm running the game with the high res texture pack (and other textures) without any problems. I thought I remember hearing somewhere that the game only uses 3gb of ram anyway.
Also, as above said, textures use vram, not system ram so it's unlikely that that's causing your problems seeing as though I'm using the same card...
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Post » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:14 am

Hmmm, wouldn't have thought that 4gb of ram would cause it to do that... I have a gtx 670 with 2500k and 8gb of ram and I'm running the game with the high res texture pack (and other textures) without any problems. I thought I remember hearing somewhere that the game only uses 3gb of ram anyway.
Also, as above said, textures use vram, not system ram so it's unlikely that that's causing your problems seeing as though I'm using the same card...


Any idea on how much RAM Skyrim uses on your computer? Mines above 2.2GB
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