BusyBeaverHP Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) I've Installed Skyrim and followed the STEP Guide for modding. I've always chosen the highest resolution options for my mods. Skyrim, however, has been CTD quite often and I'm in the process of reinstalling it (with all the mods) from scratch, and documenting the mods that I've installed more carefully and its effect on system resource usage. I've enabled the Papyrus log for debug. I have a brute of a computer that I've built myself: an Ivy Bridge @ 4.2 GHz, 32 GB of memory, 2x GTX 680 4GB's in SLI, and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. My system isn't limited on resource, so I'm guessing my CTD's have less to do with my system, and rather with Skyrim's limitation as a 32-bit executable. A question: If Skyrim is currently LAA and can recognize up to 4GB of memory, is it 4GB of combined System RAM and GPU VRAM, or is it System RAM? Can anyone elaborate on how a 32-bit executable like Skyrim can use up to 4GB of memory? Edited August 8, 2012 by BusyBeaverHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakfyr999 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 > "If Skyrim is currently LAA and can recognize up to 4GB of memory, is it 4GB of combined System RAM and GPU VRAM, or is it System RAM? " Well, I'm not Bethesda, but from my guess I'd say RAM. > "Can anyone elaborate on how a 32-bit executable like Skyrim can use up to 4GB of memory?" Based off my knowledge of computers, I know that 32 bit applications can use around 3.9 GB of RAM in a 64-bit system. Anything above that is a NOPE to the max. But, again, I didn't make Skyrim, I'm not 100% sure of these answers, maybe only 90%, if they even answered your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Error404NotFound Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) If the .exe file is flagged to use 64bit extensions, it can use more RAM. TESV.exe is flagged to use more RAM. So it can use more then 4GB like a x86 (32bit) file. Edited August 8, 2012 by Error404NotFound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomliang Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 If the .exe file is flagged to use 64bit extensions, it can use more RAM. TESV.exe is flagged to use more RAM. So it can use more then 4GB like a x86 (32bit) file. No use for me...skyrim still freezeed and CTD when it got to 2.6GB usage....... No use with all the skyrimini tweaks..... No use no use no use......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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