enm wrote on Oct 8
th, 2008 at 10:34pm:
Hello Everyone
Here is my Comp. Specs.
MSI K9A2 CF motherboard
AMD 5600+ 2.8
3G pc6400
XFX Ultra 8800 Video Card
Windows XP 32bit
FSX stops and displays a message saying out of available memory. I have read Nicks threads and have set my computer to "Systme Manage" my virtual memory. I even TRIED to find the file to allow XP to see 3G's but was unable to find the file where the thread stated. So my system is only seeing 2G. When FSX Froze and displayed the message, windows task manager showed 2.25 G....I know that is way to high. I did have other applications running in the back ground that are related to FSX, such as, ASX...Jeppesen...and a PDF file.
Prior to getting the message I noticed that the ground was showing Black squares (Blocks) that eventually took over the entire ground, but by changing views, the ground would become normal....and then slowly the blocks would appear.
Should I allow windows to manage my system memory? Or should I put in a huge number? Or what can be the problem?
BTW...I just purchased the Ultra 8800 video card last week...and to be completely honest...it did not do much except make the graphics perform a bit smoother...especially when your flying through thick clouds. Other than that....this comfirms that FSX is CPU hungry and not GPU
Thanks
Eric
1. System Managed is fine.. windows will expand it automatically
2. This must be done and the reason for your problem:
WINDOWS XP x32 WITH MORE THAN 2 GIGS OF SYSTEM MEMORY
If you have FSX SP2, the exe file is already 2G+ aware
If you have XP or VISTA x32 and more than 2GB you need to MARK the OS for that use or it will ignore the sticks and never use them
disable hidden files and folders, then on the root C:\ you will find a file named: boot.ini
Open it in notepad and add the follwoing to the end of the OS boot line:
/3GB/Userva=2560
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Professsional" /fastdetect /3GB /Userva=2560 <---- add it here
save and close the file
reboot
to set that back to default, simply remove the edit
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