I'm trying to figure out what causes this issue. It begins flashing on my screen and then counts down from about 24 MB to 3 MB. Game still runs, though choppy.
I have:
P4 1.8 MHz
Chaintek nVidea 5200 GeForce, 256 MB
Kingston 333 MHz 512 PC2700
I have 4.5 gigs free on my hard drive. I set the variable for virtual memory at 1500 - 2000 (up from the default 768).
I do get quite a bit of lag, too. My system should be plenty to run the game, but it's being stubborn and revolting against the idea.
Here's the SysInfo.txt:
Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\wow.exe
Module 1: E:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: E:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: E:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCRT.dll
Module 4: E:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
Module 5: E:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 6: E:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 7: E:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 8: E:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 9: E:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 10: E:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 11: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 12: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 13: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 14: E:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll
Module 15: E:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll
Module 16: E:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll
Module 17: E:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
Module 18: E:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 19: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\DivxDecoder.dll
Module 20: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 21: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\fmod.dll
Module 22: E:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 23: E:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
Module 24: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 25: E:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 26: E:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 27: E:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 28: E:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
Module 29: E:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
Module 30: E:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 31: E:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 32: E:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 33: E:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 34: E:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-WOW.dll
Module 35: E:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 36: E:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 37: E:\Program Files\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-Win32I.dll
Module 38: E:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 39: E:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 40: E:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 41: E:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 42: E:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 43: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 44: E:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 45: E:\Program Files\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 46: E:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 47: E:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 48: E:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 49: E:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 50: E:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 51: E:\WINDOWS\system32\dsound.dll
Module 52: E:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
Module 53: E:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
Module 54: E:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
Module 55: E:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
Module 56: E:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
Module 57: E:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
Module 58: E:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
Module 59: E:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll
Module 60: E:\WINDOWS\system32\RASAPI32.DLL
Module 61: E:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
Module 62: E:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
Module 63: E:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
Module 64: E:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
Module 65: E:\WINDOWS\system32\msv1_0.dll
Module 66: E:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 67: E:\WINDOWS\system32\sensapi.dll
Module 68: E:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
Direct3D9:
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Driver: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 /nv4_disp.dll/6/14/10/7772
Adapter Display Mode: 1024x768 D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
Game Display Mode: 1018x739 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: 422MB
Win32 Input:
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World of Warcraft:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
WoW Path: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\
Patch: OFF Test Server: OFF Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
WoW: Warning: Low System Memory
Moderators: Lavish Software Team, Moderators
The problem is simply that 512MB of system RAM is actually pretty low. You can play WoW with 512MB, but you should make sure not much else is going on in the background -- extra programs running, etc. Other than purchasing more RAM, you try can shutting programs down and using slightly lower WoW settings, or try running a RAM scrubber while you play.
I'm not sure if this is related, but I get a low texture memory warning, too, while running two accounts-- Well, I did before I reduced the graphic's settings from absolute max to not so absolute...
Turn off multisampling in WoWs video settings.(there isn't an actual 'off' setting, set it to '24 bit x1 multisampling' or something like that). Doing this alone was enough to fix the problem for me. And though I had a 'stuttering' problem, too. I had fixed that before fixing the low texture memory, so for me they were unrelated.
But as Lax said. Your stuttering is likely due to low system memory... Turning off/down multisampling and/or other options may help. As though WoW may not look it, and it runs exceptionally well on older systems, WoW at max settings uses a ton of memory. Both texture and system..
Turn off multisampling in WoWs video settings.(there isn't an actual 'off' setting, set it to '24 bit x1 multisampling' or something like that). Doing this alone was enough to fix the problem for me. And though I had a 'stuttering' problem, too. I had fixed that before fixing the low texture memory, so for me they were unrelated.
But as Lax said. Your stuttering is likely due to low system memory... Turning off/down multisampling and/or other options may help. As though WoW may not look it, and it runs exceptionally well on older systems, WoW at max settings uses a ton of memory. Both texture and system..