I’ve had WoW crash on me, for running out of memory, several times now, ever since this new patch!
What are you (Blizzard) going to do, to reduce this sudden memory bloat? >__<
Thanks,
Franklin
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Uninstall and reinstall your addons or make sure they are all up to date. You may have one causing a memory issue.
Use the repair tool by clicking the gear icon next to play on the bnet browser and select “scan and repair” as well.
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No joy. Still crashing. >__<
=( im not sure!
What specs are your PC? Like ram cpu that kind of thing?
Also have you tried turning it off and on again?
Hey there Azgaroth,
Having memory errors after a patch does sound rather odd. I haven’t seen a known issue since the 9.5.2 patch. Some troubleshooting is best to try to narrow this down. We would want to see if there are any possible errors with the system that can better help. Could you provide a DxDiag file please? Once you have it, just copy the contents of the text file created and paste it here between two ~~~ like so:
DxDiag Here
If you have issues pasting here, use Pastebin and post the end of the link. (ie. 123456 for pastebin.com/123456)
Here you go.
Thanks,
Franklin
Update your drivers. From just looking at your graphics card drivers they are from 2020. Might not hurt to go through your PC and make sure everything is updated.
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
Driver Date/Size: 29-Sep-20 20:00:00, 1039376 bytes
You only have 4gb of ram installed. I wouldn’t use windows 10 with 4 gb, let alone do anything else.
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As mentioned above you have to little RAM. The game already can’t run correctly in some areas with 8GB so 16GB should be the way to go.
Definitely low on RAM. Technically doesn’t meet system requirements.
WoW requires a minimum of 4GB of system RAM if you’re using a discrete graphics card, which is exactly what you have for both RAM and graphics card. The problem is that your BIOS is configured to allow your graphics card to use up to 2GB of your system RAM, if it needs more than the 8GB on-board, reducing your system to as little as 2GB of system RAM.
If you’re comfortable enough going into your BIOS to turn off the GPU sharing 2GB of system RAM, you might fix your problem. Might. You might notice a bit of a performance hit, but if it solves the problem, it’s worth the trade off.
You also have some app crashes reporting - Cortana, and one that looks to be complaining about audio drivers. Try disabling Cortana in Windows. It looks like you don’t have a driver installed for your Realtek HD Audio card. Install that driver.
If you can disable the RAM sharing and Cortana, install the Realtek HD Audio driver, and update your graphics driver, you might take care of the problem. But you’re really in need of more RAM if you want to play WoW on that system. I would venture a guess that it won’t meet minimum requirements any longer once Dragonflight launches.
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First of all - - my thanks to all who have responded with advice and encouragement. You people all rock!
I’ve contacted the support people of the company from whom I originally bought this PC of mine eight years ago. According to them, my PC’s motherboard can handle up to 128 GB of DDR4 RAM.
I have no problem with the idea of buying four sticks of 32 GB each, for the 128 GB total. My concern, however, is my OS - - can it handle that much RAM? Or will I need to simultaneously upgrade to Windows 11?
Thanks again for your help!
Franklin
four sticks of 32gb each is just overkill for all purposes. 4x4gb is fine. 4x8gb is more than fine and would give you quite a lot of future proofing/outlive the machine, but you probably wouldn’t notice the difference between the two.
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I’ve ran 64GB on every version of Windows since Windows 7. You’re running a 64-bit OS, so it’ll support up to 16 exabytes of RAM
As mentioned, 128GB is probably overkill though, unless you do a lot of RAM intensive tasks, such as video editing, Photoshop, etc. For gaming, 16GB is pretty solid right now. If you want to splurge for 32GB, you can, and it wouldn’t be the end of the world.
I do a fair amount of video editing, which is why I have 64GB. I also tend to overspec my computer because… why not. If you’re the same way, and you want to go for 64GB, knock yourself out.
Your money would probably be better spent going for a faster kit of 16 or 32GB RAM, rather than pouring everything into getting 128GB. It won’t be worlds of difference, but you’d probably see a 3-5% increase with the lesser quantity, but faster, RAM kit. That’s assuming your CPU and motherboard fully support the speed of the faster RAM.
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