# CRASHING Out of Video memory allocating a texture **URL:** \ **Category:** Rendering\ **Tags:** bug, unreal-engine, crash, memory, bug-report, Blueprint, question\ **Created:** [March 16, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/crashing-out-of-video-memory-allocating-a-texture/792000 "2023-03-16T09:32:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Hey @AquaRex! Have you verified your installation of UE and checked your Nvidia settings? You may need to do a reset on your global settings if there is a possibility UE is trying to use built in graphics instead of your graphics card. In the meantime, check out this thread that may have a possible solution to the problem you are currently facing: > [@Out of video memory trying to allocate a texture](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/out-of-video-memory-trying-to-allocate-a-texture/82143/15): > > I stumbled upon this thread, and then found a fix that worked for me on a reddit thread: [https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengin…to\_allocate\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine/comments/72xt9o/out_of_video_memory_trying_to_allocate_a/) changing the paging file size as described in this link to a size the same as my graphics card’s video memory fixed this issue for me: [https://www.thewindowsclub.com/incre…memory-windows](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/increase-page-file-size-virtual-memory-windows) Thought I’d post back here in case it helps someone else sincce it looks like i’ve been unecessarily living with this issue for the last year. Mine was set to 3g. Sett… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/crashing-out-of-video-memory-allocating-a-texture/792000)._