According to user reports from reddit.com, this issue often occurs due to having incorrect GPU overclocking settings. DirectX is a collection of APIs that allows applications to communicate with the GPU. However, when a user overclocks the GPU incorrectly, it causes various different issues, including this one. Now, let’s have a look at some of the best solutions that worked for several affected users. Before we proceed to troubleshoot this issue, make sure to close each and every application, especially the unnecessary apps to reduce the memory consumption.
1. Restart File Explorer
Since out of memory error is caused by the lack of memory, we can start by restarting Windows Explorer, which will eliminate the background applications and other unnecessary processes that might be causing this error. After restarting the Windows Explorer, it is recommended to ensure that no other programs are running in the background as they can consume memory usage for no reason. Follow the steps to restart the Windows Explorer:
2. Increase Virtual Memory
Virtual Memory can be allocated from the drives to keep the system running efficiently. When an application runs out of memory, it often crashes or stops working. However, if you have configured your system to allocate the virtual memory, the application won’t crash or stop working. This is because virtual memory will play a key role in keeping the program running. Increasing a virtual memory means when there is a memory shortage, the system will transfer the data into the disk storage that has been allocated from the drive. Since this error occurs due to the shortage of system memory, it is recommended to increase the virtual memory by following the steps:
3. Close overclocking applications
Having an overclocked GPU often causes an out-of-memory error with the DirectX. If you have overclocked your GPU through MSI Afterburner or any other application, kindly revert the overclock settings as it can cause the out of memory error. When it comes to overclocking, you should be careful because if you configure overclock settings incorrectly, it will cause crashes and errors like this one. So, if you are unsure about your overclock settings, try reverting them by following the steps:
4. Reinstall the graphics driver
Another reason that often causes the out of memory error is a corrupted GPU driver. Since DirectX is used to make communication between the GPU and the application, it is essential that the GPU driver should not be corrupted as it could lead to this error. In this case, we recommend reinstalling the GPU driver using the DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller). It is an application that is often used to remove the GPU driver completely from the system. Follow the steps to perform a clean installation of the GPU driver:
5. Run SFC/ scannow
DirectX consists of many DLL files, which means if one of them is corrupted, it will cause the DirectX to stop working. A DLL file contains a code that is required to perform a necessary action. However, when it gets corrupted, it causes a DLL missing error along with this error message. To troubleshoot this issue, we have an sfc/ scannow command, which will restore the corrupted DLL files from the cached folder located in %WinDir%\System32\dllcache. To run the Sfc command, follow the steps:
6. Reinstall the DirectX
Finally, if nothing works for you, you can try reinstalling the DirectX component. However, when it comes to out of memory errors, reinstalling the program does not work. Since none of the methods worked for you, in this case, we recommend reinstalling DirectX by following the steps: Throughout this guide, we have covered almost every solution for different situations. In case you are still facing the same error, in this case, the only thing you can do is to reinstall or upgrade the Windows. We have given the instructions in the articles, so visit to reinstall or upgrade Windows.
