# BEWARE: AssetCompile memory estimate is greater than available

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709>\
**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709 "2024-06-27T15:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![JadeTechStudio](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@JadeTechStudio](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JadeTechStudio)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709/1 "2024-06-27T15:20:26Z")

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I have recently started to see this message every time i open my Unreal 5.4.2 project. Could anybody please let me know what the message means? (My computer is powerful with 32GB RAM and RTX 4060 so not likely hardware limitation)?

LogAsyncCompilation: Display: BEWARE: AssetCompile memory estimate is greater than available, but we’re running it [TextureDerivedData] anyway! RequiredMemory = 0.000 MiB + 998.390137 MiB, MemoryLimit = 878.578125 MiB

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**Author:** ![Fobetore](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Fobetore](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Fobetore)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709/2 "2024-12-20T08:44:23Z")

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Same problem here! ✋

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**Author:** ![DarioGangi](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/dariogangi/32/1215012_2.png) [@DarioGangi](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/DarioGangi)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709/3 "2025-03-16T10:51:51Z")

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I’have the same issue. Did you resolve it?

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**Author:** ![awesomeman23011](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@awesomeman23011](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/awesomeman23011)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/beware-assetcompile-memory-estimate-is-greater-than-available/1918709/4 "2025-04-07T14:21:02Z")

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same issue here