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Fix: Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error

February 8, 2023
Ramazan Karaca

With Hogwarts Legacy early access, many users got early access to the game.

Early access users can get “Out of video memory trying to allocate a rendering resource.” encountering the error of the game can not fully enjoy the pleasure.

What is Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error?

Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error

One of the possible reasons for encountering this error is because the graphics driver is out of date.

Additionally, if you have overclocked your graphics card, you may be more likely to encounter such errors.

Due to many problems like this, we may encounter such an error.

In this guide, we will try to solve you with 5 suggestions titles.

How To Fix Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error?

Under this heading, we tried to provide you with a solution with 5 sub-headings of suggestions.

Fix 1: Increase Virtual Memory

It states that users who increase virtual memory do not encounter such a problem again.

If you do not know how to increase the virtual memory, you can follow the step below.

  • Type “Run” in the start search screen and open it.
  • Type “sysdm.cpl” into the search screen and click the “OK” button.
  • Click on the “Advanced” option on the top tab.
  • Click the “Settings” button under the “Performance” heading.
  • Select the “Advanced” option in the new window that opens and click the “Change” button in the “Virtual Memory” sub-title.
  • Uncheck “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” in the new window.
  • Then select the system disk and check the “Custom size” option.

If your RAM is 8GB, multiply by 1.5 in megabytes. For example: 8192 x 1.5 = 12288

If your RAM is 16GB, multiply by 1.5 in megabytes. For example: 16384 x 1.5 = 24576

Since my RAM memory is 8GB, I multiplied by 8 in megabytes and wrote the result as “Initial size” and “Maximum size“.

Let’s press “Set” and then “OK” button to save the process.

Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error

After the save process is complete, let’s restart the computer and check if the problem persists.

Fix 2: Update Graphics Driver

The fact that the graphics driver is not up-to-date causes the version to be unsupported for the newly released game and many errors are encountered in the game.

Therefore, we will need to check if the graphics driver is up to date.

You can follow the step below to check if the graphics driver is up to date.

If You Are Using AMD Graphics Card;

  • Access the AMD Radeon Software site by clicking the link I left on the side. Click to access AMD Radeon Software site.
  • Select the “Graphics” option in the link, select the video card model, and click the “Submit” button.
  • Then download the driver and perform the installation process.
  • Restart your computer after the installation is complete.
  • Right click on the desktop and select “AMD Radeon Software“.
  • Check if your graphics card driver is up to date in the application that opens.
  • If a new update is available, download and install it.

If You Are Using NVIDIA Graphics Card;

  • Access the Geforce Experience site by clicking the link I left on the side. Click to access Geforce Experience site.
  • Click the “Download Now” button in the link and download the application and perform the installation process.
  • After the installation is complete, run the application and register and log in.
  • Click on “Drivers” at the top.
  • Then click “Check for Updates” to check if your driver is up to date.
  • If a new update is available, the current update version will appear.
  • After downloading the current update version, perform the installation process and restart the computer.

After following the steps, run the game and check.

Fix 3: Turn off Graphics Card Overclocking

This recommendation applies to users who have already overclocked their graphics card.

If you have overclocked your graphics card with the help of MSI Afterburner, we recommend disabling it.

Follow the step below to disable graphics card overclocking.

  • Run MSI Afterburner.
  • Then set “Core Clock” and “Memory Clock” to “0“.
  • Save by clicking the confirm button below.
Hogwarts Legacy Out Of Video Memory Error

After the process is complete, run the game and check.

Fix 4: Install .Net Framework

Since many games developed make use of the .Net Framework library, we need to provide control.

The lack of .Net Framework on the device can cause us to encounter various problems like this.

To install .Net Framework, you can download and install it by clicking the link listed below.

Click on the 3 links we left above and perform the download process.

After the download is complete, run the setup files and perform the installation process.

If it is already installed on your device, you can repair it by clicking the “Repair” button.

After the installation is complete, restart the computer and check.

Fix 5: Verify Game File Integrity

Loss or corruption in game files can cause us to encounter various errors like this.

Verifying game file integrity will help fix various in-game errors.

You can follow the step below for us to verify the game files.

File Verification for Steam;

  • Run the Steam application.
  • Access the library menu.
  • Right click on the Hogwarts Legacy game and access the “Properties” menu.
  • Click on “Local Files” on the left.
  • Click the “Verify integrity of game files” button and verify.

Wait until the verification process is complete. After the process is complete, run the game and check.

File Verification for Epic Games;

  • Run the Epic Games Launcher application.
  • Access the library menu.
  • Click on the three dots at the bottom of the game.
  • Then click “Manage” to access the management tool.
  • Start the verification process by clicking the “Verify” button in the window that opens.

After the verification process is complete, run the game and check.

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