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TheDarkWraith · 10-28-11, 01:39 PM

I'm almost certain that > 90% of the CTDs are because the user's computer ran out of memory. SH5 is very demanding resource wise. Add mods to it and it can quickly drain all the resources from the computer. This is especially true for those using video cards with lots of memory. Yes it is great that the video card has lots of memory but what people don't know is that the computer 'sets aside' the same amount of system memory for it. So if video card has 1.5GB of memory then your system automatically has 1.5GB less of memory (figuratively). Most users have 4GB installed. Windows uses ~1.5GB so they are down to 2.5GB. Subtract large video card of 1.5GB and they have 1GB left. SH5 will use 1GB very easily and mods will definitely exceed this

I would say the minimum specs for SH5 modded is 8GB memory and a 64 bit OS. I have 8GB and Win7 64 and nVidia 590GTX video card and have NEVER experienced a CTD at random (I can say I've never experienced any CTD from SH5 so far)

10-28-11, 01:39 PM	#11
TheDarkWraith Black Magic Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11,962 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 5	I'm almost certain that > 90% of the CTDs are because the user's computer ran out of memory. SH5 is very demanding resource wise. Add mods to it and it can quickly drain all the resources from the computer. This is especially true for those using video cards with lots of memory. Yes it is great that the video card has lots of memory but what people don't know is that the computer 'sets aside' the same amount of system memory for it. So if video card has 1.5GB of memory then your system automatically has 1.5GB less of memory (figuratively). Most users have 4GB installed. Windows uses ~1.5GB so they are down to 2.5GB. Subtract large video card of 1.5GB and they have 1GB left. SH5 will use 1GB very easily and mods will definitely exceed this I would say the minimum specs for SH5 modded is 8GB memory and a 64 bit OS. I have 8GB and Win7 64 and nVidia 590GTX video card and have NEVER experienced a CTD at random (I can say I've never experienced any CTD from SH5 so far)