"Windows is low on memory"

Xein · 3 Jun 2014 at 14:30

Hi all,

I'm just wondering whether anyone has had a similar issue and knows how to resolve it.

I'm bootcamped into Windows 8 (8.1 Pro 64-bit) and when I'm playing games I keep getting the "Windows is low on memory" error, I have hardly anything running (Chrome, Steam, Raidcall) and it still pops up.

I've tried a few fixes from Googling around but the error message keeps popping up and I'm not too sure what to do.

Computer specs are:

Quad core i7 Haswell at 2.00GHz (turbo to 3.00GHz)
8gb Ram
256gb flash storage
Unfortunately no dedicated GPU.

Many thanks.

Sighn · 3 Jun 2014 at 15:41

I'm wondering how big your bootcamp partition is and if the Apple section might be of more help.

Xein · 3 Jun 2014 at 15:54

Sighn said:
I'm wondering how big your bootcamp partition is and if the Apple section might be of more help.

I split it 50/50. Good shout, I wasn't sure where to post so thought this would have been a good bet.

Edit: I might try installing Windows on an external drive and running it from there.

Orcvader · 3 Jun 2014 at 17:21

Usually when that error pops up I find the problem lies with the amount of RAM dedicated to the IGP. Unfortunately there's no way to dedicate more RAM to the IGP on Macs, only way I know to make the Mac's system dedicate more to it is adding more RAM itself.

Xein · 3 Jun 2014 at 17:39

Orcvader said:
Usually when that error pops up I find the problem lies with the amount of RAM dedicated to the IGP. Unfortunately there's no way to dedicate more RAM to the IGP on Macs, only way I know to make the Mac's system dedicate more to it is adding more RAM itself.

That's a bit of a pain. Thanks for the reply though