Windows 10 and ram
Windows 10 and ram
I adjusted settings such as the pagefile, but it still doesn’t crash around 6GB. It does at around 18GB (roughly 11GB RAM and 7GB pagefile). The GDI limit seems to be near 200, which isn’t the issue. Near the end before it crashed, there was a notification that the NVIDIA driver failed and was restored.
You haven't interacted with the pagefile yet. It seems your recent problems might be linked to that.
Windows 10 initially configured the pagefile to 1GB, but I recently switched it to automatic.
In a Windows app development context, memory can be allocated for various tasks. Programs that consume a lot of resources, particularly those built before the 64-bit era (which dominate most systems), are usually structured to maintain a 2GB working set and then rely on the page file explicitly. The Windows API allows developers to place portions in the page file because, although you might treat it like RAM, real access patterns are often sequential—like reading video data. Consequently, if the page file is insufficient, RAM depletion occurs even when physical memory exists. This issue appears in certain games such as Arma 3, which heavily depends on the page file. This behavior explains why the old recommendation of keeping the page file small is misleading; many applications can utilize it intensively for everyday operations despite having enough RAM available.