How do you increase RAM use for Fallout 3
Whilst playing Fallout 3 with mods my game appears to crash more then it normally would do, I have checked to see that they are not conflicting mods to make sure that is not the cause of the problem and have come to the conclusion that the game is not allocating itself enough RAM(I think its about 2Gb its allocating).
My question is, is there a way in which I could allocate more RAM to Fallout 3 to hopefully make the game more stable.
Im running Windows 7 64bit with 16Gb of RAM if that is any help.
Best Answer
I would use a mod to change the program, Fallout 3 was made specifically for 32bit and so can only utilise 2GB of ram.
Nowadays newer games have "Large Address aware" set up so that they can access more memory, Download this mod and follow the instructions below and it will assign the game more memory without worrying about changing windows settings.
Make Fallout 3 Large Address Aware using this utility:
- Make a back up copy of
Fallout3.exe. - Put
Fallout3.exein the '3GB enabler' folder - Double click
START.BAT - Follow the instructions in the command window
- Once made Large Address Aware, return the
fallout3.exeto your game folder.
If you are using a 64 Bit operating system (XP, Vista, Windows 7/8/8.1), you are Done!
Then you must restart your computer for this to take effect
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Edit: I'm wrong, this only helps (rarely) for 64bit applications. Ignore this advice regarding Fallout 3.
Try increasing the size of the pagefile and see if it helps.
From this article:
Open System in Control Panel.
On the Advanced tab, under Performance, click Settings.
On the Advanced tab, under Virtual memory, click Change.
Under Drive [Volume Label], click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.
Under Paging file size for selected drive, click Custom size, and type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.
If you decrease the size of either the initial or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.
Usually this is managed by the OS itself, and correctly, but maybe this is still helpful.
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