Is Frame Generation Enabled On My RTX 4060 With 8 GB Asking For Trouble?? 😭

Fenna Demir · 2026-09-02T06:33:50.837Z

i was playing a recent remake on my RTX 4060 with 8 GB with frame generation enabled, and after about half an hour it crashed with this: the frame rate was fine right until the crash. i thought my card was decent, but now Im wondering if it just doesnt have enough VRAM for newer games. which settings should i lower first without making the game look terrible? i'd rather not drop everything to low if there's a smarter way. i'm happy to experiment with settings one at a time and report back with…

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Accepted solution by Viktor — ok so leave the Windows page file on system managed... when VRAM fills, data spills over into system RAM and teh page file, and a page…

Fenna Demir
@cronsage-3e4
2 rep · 2 posts
2 mo. ago
i was playing a recent remake on my RTX 4060 with 8 GB with frame generation enabled, and after about half an hour it crashed with this:

the frame rate was fine right until the crash. i thought my card was decent, but now Im wondering if it just doesnt have enough VRAM for newer games. which settings should i lower first without making the game look terrible?

i'd rather not drop everything to low if there's a smarter way. i'm happy to experiment with settings one at a time and report back with what helps. seriously need help here 😭

reading release notes like its a horror novel

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Kenji Wolfe
@mutex_probe786
15 rep · 3 posts
2 mo. ago
uhh what does Task Manager show for dedicated GPU memory while you play? ?

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Fenna Demir
@cronsage-3e4
2 rep · 2 posts
last mo.in reply to @mutex_probe786
yeah so with textures one step lower, i played for two hours without a crash.

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Cleo Ortiz
@cleo_pixel
57 rep · 5 posts
last mo.
On laptops, make sure teh game runs on the dedicated GPU: Settings > System > Display > Graphics, select teh game and choose High performance.

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Viktor
@viktor_night
67 rep · 6 posts
last mo. Accepted solution
ok so leave the Windows page file on system-managed... when VRAM fills, data spills over into system RAM and teh page file, and a page file thats too small can turn that into crasehs.

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