WoW causing "low amount of memory left" caution when still having ~5GB free memory

[Nerph-]

It uses about 2.3 GB for me, I don't have many addons though.

Hrmmm, might have to get rid of this UI I use...

[Deleted]

it's your hard disk space. You need to free up some.

If you want to know more about it google windows hard disk paging.

In general if your system hd (where your windows installation is) is at or more than 85-90% full, be prepared for unexpected program behavior and other problems such the one you have with wow.

[Nerph-]

it's your hard disk space. You need to free up some.

If you want to know more about it google windows hard disk paging.

In general if your system hd (where your windows installation is) is at or more than 85-90% full, be prepared for unexpected program behavior and other problems such the one you have with wow.

I have 50GB free on my Boot SSD, just under 1TB free on both my 2TB drives and 40GB on my gaming SSD, so I don't think hard disk space is the issue However, thank you for the info as I googled it and learnt a bit more

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Just a little update, ever since disabling SuperFetch and updating my Killer network drivers, I've yet to have the caution pop up, and this when playing WoW with addons and going up to nearly 12GB used RAM (which would definitely have thrown the caution before). I'm hoping, fingers crossed, that this has solved the issue, so I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my thread for helping!

Just out of curiosity, what size should I set my page file to be able to get to maximum?

[Cows For Life]

I have 50GB free on my Boot SSD, just under 1TB free on both my 2TB drives and 40GB on my gaming SSD, so I don't think hard disk space is the issue However, thank you for the info as I googled it and learnt a bit more

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Just a little update, ever since disabling SuperFetch and updating my Killer network drivers, I've yet to have the caution pop up, and this when playing WoW with addons and going up to nearly 12GB used RAM (which would definitely have thrown the caution before). I'm hoping, fingers crossed, that this has solved the issue, so I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my thread for helping!

Just out of curiosity, what size should I set my page file to be able to get to maximum?

I have 16GB RAM and use a 1GB swap file. I haven't seen a low memory warning yet.

[Nerph-]

Ok, I'll set it for 1GB and see how that works. Thanks!

edit: Heh, it was already set to 1024MB ;P So yeah, not changing anything.

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ok... slight update. This time I got a WoW Error saying it had ran out of memory (not a Windows Caution thing)... and my WoW then closed. It has to be either an addon or something wrong with the WoW client... I'm going to try a repair or maybe a complete reinstall :/ Here's me thinking I'd fixed it!

[Svisalith]

Nobody has mentioned yet as far as i saw but these specific errors can (and often do) pop up because of VIDEO MEMORY (VRAM) usage - it's just not a system RAM thing. You should check your VRAM usage while playing and when those warnings pop up.

[Nerph-]

Nobody has mentioned yet as far as i saw but these specific errors can (and often do) pop up because of VIDEO MEMORY (VRAM) usage - it's just not a system RAM thing. You should check your VRAM usage while playing and when those warnings pop up.

Thanks for the tip, I will monitor it while I play. Currently redownloading and installing WoW with a hope it'll do something magic :P

[Barnabas]

Ok, I'll set it for 1GB and see how that works. Thanks!

edit: Heh, it was already set to 1024MB ;P So yeah, not changing anything.

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ok... slight update. This time I got a WoW Error saying it had ran out of memory (not a Windows Caution thing)... and my WoW then closed. It has to be either an addon or something wrong with the WoW client... I'm going to try a repair or maybe a complete reinstall :/ Here's me thinking I'd fixed it!

My ram usage doesn't go over 2gb. Just find another ui suite or just use the addons you need only. It's not the game itself.

[prwraith]

Windows 10 shitversary is the cause of almost all memory leaks. What a fucking disaster.

[Nerph-]

My ram usage doesn't go over 2gb. Just find another ui suite or just use the addons you need only. It's not the game itself.

Most likely is one of the addons in the UI pack I use. It'll be heartbreaking (lol) to have to change! but if it's causing the problem then change I shall

Windows 10 shitversary is the cause of almost all memory leaks. What a fucking disaster.

I was having my issue before updating to the anniversary update.

[Cilraaz]

Windows 10 shitversary is the cause of almost all memory leaks. What a fucking disaster.

Yeah, except no. I, and many others, have had zero issue with any version of Windows 10.

[Deleted]

Yeah, except no. I, and many others, have had zero issue with any version of Windows 10.

Here's the kicker though.
Most computers are not built on identical pieces.

[Cilraaz]

Here's the kicker though.
Most computers are not built on identical pieces.

I know. However, that poster stated that unequivocally, Windows 10 "is the cause of almost all memory leaks". If the base OS were the cause of nearly all memory leaks, nearly anyone running the OS would see it, regardless of hardware.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Windows 10 shitversary is the cause of almost all memory leaks. What a fucking disaster.

That's gonna need a massive citation.

[Tradewind]

Drop your view distance. I had the same problem the first time I launched Legion, had to drop it a notch or two.

[Nerph-]

Drop your view distance. I had the same problem the first time I launched Legion, had to drop it a notch or two.

I'll give this a try, thanks.