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Post July 21st, 2005, 8:48 pm

I just bought a radeon 9600XT and everytime I turn on my computer and load my profile an error message pops up saying low graphical memory try to free up some space. I don't know how i can make room, i only have 2 games installed, half life 2 and battle field 2, how can i solve this problem
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Post July 21st, 2005, 8:48 pm

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Post July 22nd, 2005, 12:32 am

Video memory or Virtual memory ?
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 7:25 am

The only pop-up I know of is virtual memory, and games won't have anything to do with it.

Right Click on My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> "Performance" Settings -> Advanced -> "Virtual memory" Change. Increase your paging file size. Rule of thumb is 1.5x the amount of physical memory.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 9:36 am

here is the exact message

ATI Error Message

Your graphic card has run out of memory. We recommend freeing up memory...
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:27 am

I have never seen that before in my life. It doesn't make any sense, you can't free up video memory. Unless you have your BIOS VGA memory size set too high.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:32 am

Thanks for the help, I will check into my bios and see if i can do anything.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:36 am

i forgot to say, if this message still appears do u think it's alright to still play counter strike source and battle field 2. will this be a harm to my computer. and if this helps my screen resloution is 1024 by 768 pixels
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:43 am

No, I don't think it will do any harm to the hardware.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:51 am

FOOLIN wrote:
here is the exact message

ATI Error Message

Your graphic card has run out of memory. We recommend freeing up memory...


Have you tried contacting ATi on this? I would. I've never seen that error and I tried googling it but couldn't find anything close.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:52 am

I will try contacting ATi. Thanks
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 11:53 am

Can you post a screen shot? I beleve you, I just want to see what kind of dialog it is...
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 12:06 pm

how do i post a picture so i can show you?[/url]
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 12:14 pm

Take a screen shot with the "Print Screen" or "PrtSc" button on your keyboard. Go into paintbrush, Edit -> Paste, then save it as a .jpg

Upload it somewhere and then provide a link.
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 12:22 pm

i saved it and all now i don't know how to upload it
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Post July 22nd, 2005, 12:27 pm

and how do i find the link
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