Video memory has been exhausted in Unreal Engine 5

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I created a blank project in Unreal 5.3.2
In order to do so, I unselected every option on project creation screen and created a blank project as shown below.

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Despite that some landscapes got added to the level, wondering what is the meaning of blank project then. Nevertheless, I was getting the “Video memory has been exhausted” error everytime I start unreal and there was horrible lag. I turned the scalability setting to low in the toolbar and the error went away.

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However, I created a new blank level and it thankfully had no landscapes in it, still the error kept coming back about the video memory. I have a good capacity external GPU connected to my system, why do I keep getting this error then ? I have tried all the other solutions posted ion this forum, nothing has worked so far. How do I fix it, I am unable to work at all.

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What is the GPU? You really need 8GB upwards :slight_smile:

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I was able to run 5.2 on my 2GB GPU. In installed 5.3 and it started dying.

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I’m amazed that ran at all :rofl:

You might get somewhere if you turn the scalability down to medium

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I had turned it to low, as shown in screenshot above. Why is blank project creating landscape though ?

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You get that as the default level. You can make your own without a landscape.

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Hi there @vverma8169,

Welcome to the Unreal Engine forums! So nice to see a new face around here :slight_smile:

This topic has been moved from Tutorial & Course Discussions to Getting Started & Setup. Hopefully, this category change can help other devs with similar problems.

When posting, please take a second to review the categories to ensure your topic is posted in the most relevant space. Thanks and happy developing! :smiley: