Running out of memory when minimized?

Blackhawk7188

Blackhawk7188

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Lately I have been playing Sims 3 and when I minimize it to check my AIM or email and such it says that I am running low on memory and that I should close the program. I just hit cancel ignoring it. I have 4GB of RAM and use 3D CAD and have never had that happen...even playing BattleField 2142 on the max settings. Is this just because I minimized the game and it has to store my session in memory and with some much going on at the same time pushes the memory to the max? If I check it in the task manager it runs at almost 1GB of memory whe minimized. The game is rated for 2 GB of RAM recommended...is something else causing this? I also do not use a paging file(reduces hard drive thrashing)...can this be the culprit? The notebook never slows down either so it definitely has me confused.

Check my system specs for more info.

Thanks in advance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion DV7-1129wm Entertainment PC
    CPU
    AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual Core @ 2.1GHz
    Memory
    2 x 2 GB Hyundai DDR2 400 MHZ
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 @ 256 MB
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio/SRS Premium Sound/Altec Lansing
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17" Laptop Screen
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900 laptop, external 17 in LCD 1024 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WD Scorpio Blue 320 GB SATA 5400 RPM Toshiba 68 GB SATA 5400 RPM Second Drive (backup)
    PSU
    8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
    Case
    Laptop with "light up" HP Logo on outside
    Cooling
    Insane air coming out of Targus dual fan cooler
    Mouse
    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000 / Touchpad
    Keyboard
    Full Keyboard with numpad
    Internet Speed
    Comcast Cable 20 MBps
    Other Info
    Used Primarily for CAD design using SolidWorks 2010. Also I love to watch HD movies using the HDMI output(Netflix). Linked to my Xbox 360 for Windows Media Center 3 USB ports + USB/eSata HP Remote for Windows Media Center and Quickplay Internal Dual Layer DVD+/-RW External HP Lightscribe Dual Layer DVD+/-RW HP Webcam and Microphone
yes absolutely its your pagefile , or lack of it , the game is requesting pagefile space , windows cant give it any , set it to system managed and leave it be .

why do you think it increases "hard drive thrashing"?? it doesnt

all programs ask for an ammount of pagefile to be allocated whether its needed or not , if windows cant give it any it'll either complain or give it a huge chunk of physical ram , both causing issues
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Internet Speed
    8mb
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