Question Nitro 5 i7 12 gen 16 gig ram crashing games after creating 16 gig page file

[Barneyneedshelp]

Hey all, bought a Nitro 5 i7 12 gen, 16 gig ddr4, RTX 3050 (non ti) gaming laptop the other week:

I can play all games fine...

I am also playing Star Citizen fine (before the page file changes), since the page file changes whihc i have set to 10,000 MB minimum and 16,000 Max (reccomended by a tech freind)

Ever since creating the page file Star Citizen keeps *Client Crashing* i never had the issue before creating the page file (well, not as often) What have i done wrong if anything? Why is VRAM crashing the game?

I am upgrading the ram to 32 gig in a week or two. Should i remove the page file or keep it? (only game i have tried the page file with so far)

Also more info = I could play SC before the increase, but since the increase it loads a lot faster and would like to keep the page file if possible - although i do still get the windows 11 warning for this game stating **this game needs 16 gig to run, please free up 7.9 Gig RAM** even though i know for a fact windows frees up the needed RAM once the game is loaded.

Also, the page file is on the only drive i have (OS drive M.2 SSD and with the page file included i have 291 gig free)

Thank you

 

[Rokinamerica]

Let windows manage the page file. You changed it, it crashes. Change it back.

 

[Barneyneedshelp]

i expected betetr, my actual question is *why* everyone else seems to be able to successfully create a page file without any issues, i followed the advice to the letter and looked up the same exact info as well (now its crashing instantly after lowering it to 5>8 gig) but yes, zero issues before hand

unless its *meh... windows 11* as with everything 😛

 

[Rokinamerica]

I am on Windows 10, so maybe, but I use the "Let Windows Manage Page File" and it doesn't have issues, nor has it in the several decades of my using it that way. It used to be you needed to play with it, way back when. Now windows (thru 10) have managed it really well.

 

[Barneyneedshelp]

yeh, its just everyone in that game pretty much suggest pagefile increase on 16 gig, cant wait for my 32 next week, just interesting why i cant work it after reading everything and listening to my friend, and sorry for the snub, i just prefer the *knowing of why* etc lol (ASD)