criticalCrash ReportsAffects: All versions
How to Fix Out of Video Memory Crash
Fix Out of Video Memory by reducing render distance, disabling shaders, and removing high-resolution resource packs.
Quick Fix
Lower render distance to 8, disable shaders, and remove high-resolution resource packs.
Error Message
GL ERROR: Out of memory! / VRAM exhaustedHow to Fix
1
Lower render distance to 8 chunks
2
Remove resource packs above 128x resolution
3
Disable shaders
4
Reduce mipmap levels to 0-1
5
Close other GPU-intensive applications
Common Causes
- GPU VRAM exhausted by textures and shaders
- High-resolution resource packs
- Too high render distance
- Memory leak in rendering mod
Diagnostic Steps
- Open Options > Video Settings
- Set render distance to 8
- Set mipmaps to 0
- Disable shaders
- Remove resource packs
FAQ
How much VRAM does Minecraft need?
Vanilla: 1GB. With shaders: 2-4GB. With 512x resource packs and shaders: 6GB+.