Limit Available VRAM

[xb2003]

In windows you can limit the available system memory through MSConfig, is there a way you can do this with VRAM? I'm trying to play a game that won't start if the GPU has more than 128MB of VRAM, and well I have a 1070, so yeah. Any help? Thanks!

 

[TJ Hooker]

Seems unlikely, you'd probably have to hack something in the video drivers or VBIOS to do that.

How do you know it's the excess of VRAM that's preventing the game from starting? I've never heard of that before.

 

[geofelt]

I think you must have misread that max 128mb requirement.
I don't think there is a modern card made that has less than 128mb.
Integrated graphics will allow such an adjustment.
Are you certain the spec does not say you must have at LEAST 128mb.

 

[xb2003]

The game is Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004... lol

It will not launch on my system and throws an error saying there is insufficient VRAM. I started reading about the error, and while information is very limited, what I could find was that if the game didn't recognize the GPU, then it would check and if VRAM is over 128MB it would throw the "insufficient" error. I know it doesn't make much sense, and maybe its incorrect, but its the best I could find.

And it kind of makes sense considering other old EA games from the time like the Sims 2, Sim City 4, and Spore.

I didn't think about the integrated graphics thing, Ill have to try that.

 

[TJ Hooker]

That seems pretty strange, given there were plenty of graphics cards with >128 MB VRAM even in 2004...

 

[xb2003]

So I tried enabling the iGPU on one of my monitors, and after limiting system memory to 3GB it actually runs.

And just for the heck of it, I tried bumping up the VRAM for the iGPU in the BIOS to 256MB and the game will not launch.

This is weird as heck, but like I said not atypical for an old EA game from what I've seen

 

[geofelt]

I have tiger woods pga tour 2007.
I just tried it.
1. message says it does not recognize my graphics card(GTX1080ti)
It says I might experience graphic anomalies.
2. Next message: directx says I have insufficient vram to run the game.

Obviously the game needs a patch to run on modern machines

 

[xb2003]

I have tiger woods pga tour 2007.
I just tried it.
1. message says it does not recognize my graphics card(GTX1080ti)
It says I might experience graphic anomalies.
2. Next message: directx says I have insufficient vram to run the game.

Obviously the game needs a patch to run on modern machines

Yup. This is exactly my experience.

 

[geofelt]

So I tried enabling the iGPU on one of my monitors, and after limiting system memory to 3GB it actually runs.

And just for the heck of it, I tried bumping up the VRAM for the iGPU in the BIOS to 256MB and the game will not launch.

This is weird as heck, but like I said not atypical for an old EA game from what I've seen

I am going to have to try to resurrect the game.