My new GTX 1080 ran out of memory

[mwa05 108]

That was actually funny.

 

I laughed out loud to the extent my wife asked me what I was laughing at!

[RockStarofRust 4]

That was actually funny.

 

I laughed out loud to the extent my wife asked me what I was laughing at!

Ditto!

By the by...I have a 1080 and can't make it even come close to using all the VRAM with multi monitors and the main one @ 4K!

 

Peace!

[Guest]

Obviously 8 gigs of video memory not enough

 

This issue is a limitation of 32bit executable that is Prepar3D ... LM continue to work hard to move the platform forward, stay tuned.

 

 

 

pimped up a bit by LM  with some virtual rouge lipstick in the form of water and  fog

 

Pete King, your comments are not appreciated (nor accurate) ... considerable work by many very intelligent and skilled software engineers of different disciplines have been working on P3D over the last few years to bring the ESP platform forward and into a position with a good strong future.  How would you like it if people trivialized your job as some guy that just talks into a microphone all day?

 

I'm assuming your comment was in good fun, but please be aware there are real humans behind the scenes who work rather tirelessly to bring something very complex to those that wish to participate in simulated flight.

 

Cheers, Rob.

[JimmiG 244]

Obviously the first thought when you see a message about running out of "memory" is to try and figure out how to add more memory. Unfortunately, as stated before, and unlike most other simulators available now, P3D can only use 4 GB of memory (actually, 4 GB of virtual address space)

 

PCI-Express videocards don't really run out of memory, either. If a program uses more video memory than available, it will automatically begin to use system RAM. This causes a massive performance drop, but doesn't produce any error messages.

[Farlis 2,281]

So there are still people out there who don't know the difference between VAS and VRAM?

[abandoned account 171]

Yes, an there are still people out there who thinks that all memory issues will be eliminated just by moving to 64-bit.

[AnkH 2,261]

So there are still people out there who don't know the difference between VAS and VRAM?

 

There are even still people out that are obviously not aware that modern graphics cards do not have any longer any VRAM on board, instead GDDR of a certain generation.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_RAM_(dual-ported_DRAM)

 

Just to say... :wink:

[Novation 534]

So there are still people out there who don't know the difference between VAS and VRAM?

 

 

I know its a bloody disgrace. These people should be ashamed of themselves, and we must do everything to make them feel like the simpletons they are   

 

.... or it could be politely explained, so they gain a better understanding, without being made to feel small

[sd_flyer 6,038]

Talking about VAS or not VAS  The error message stated "your computer ran out of available memory" it didn't go to any specific details. Go tell LM to write more descriptive message before education people about VRAM or VAS.

 

P.S.I owned my first computer at the time when every decent user used to write specific autoexec.bat and config.sys for each game they own. So don't agitate me with you contemporary junk 

[Montie 124]

There are even still people out that are obviously not aware that modern graphics cards do not have any longer any VRAM on board, instead GDDR of a certain generation.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_RAM_(dual-ported_DRAM)

 

Just to say... :wink:

The term VRAM is still valid, it stands for Video RAM, it has nothing to do about the with the specs of the RAM. It's a term. GDDR is the type of RAM used on most modern graphics card and stands for Graphics DDR memory.

[AnkH 2,261]

I know that it is used as a term, but this does not make it more right, no? The problem is, that even so called "experts" from hardware magazines misuse the term "VRAM". It is per definition (as my wiki-link shows, but also here: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/vram) only valid for a very specific type of RAM used on graphics cards some decades ago. And it is NOT the same as GDDR (which you explained correctly).

[ErichB 3,640]

So there are still people out there who don't know the difference between VAS and VRAM?

Stepping into the flightsim world can be very intimidating and there are new joiners all the time. Most newcomers more than likely know very little about the principles of flight/aircraft operations not to mention the complexities of how PC components interact with flightsim software.

 

I did a count of how many individual pieces of software I have installed/plugged into P3D. 58 in total and increasing all the time. There will always be people who don't know some of the things that has taken most of us here YEARS to learn.

[spirit_66 2]

 

 

P.S.I owned my first computer at the time when every decent user used to write specific autoexec.bat and config.sys for each game they own. So don't agitate me with you contemporary junk

It obviously didn't help much.

Spirit

[rvaldomiro 0]

DIsable PNW and try again. This always works for me

 

What is PNW please?

[Jim Young 2,356]

What is PNW please?

FTX/Orbx Pacific Northwest Region.