[SOLVED] Ran out of Video Memory

[box o rocks]

When a game says it ran out of video memory, but it keeps playing anyway... and it plays fine, does that mean it is using system RAM to supplement the VRAM?
Or what's happening? How does it keep playing?

 

[rgd1101]

what game? what exact did it said

 

[DSzymborski]

When a game says it ran out of video memory, but it keeps playing anyway... and it plays fine, does that mean it is using system RAM to supplement the VRAM?
Or what's happening? How does it keep playing?

It uses system RAM when it runs out of VRAM.

Beyond that, there's not much to say, because you've told us nothing about your PC, your GPU, or the game involved.

 

[hftvhftv]

Need to know what game. I’m going to assume it’s Forza, and if it is, you can ignore.

 

[box o rocks]

Sorry, it was just a general question. No particular game. And no particular computer.
Thx DSzymborski, that pretty much answers my question. It uses system RAM.

 

[sizzling]

Sorry, it was just a general question. No particular game. And no particular computer.

In my experience if a game genuinely runs out of VRAM and it’s not just a warning the game starts to perform terribly