Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a very strange error but I don't think that it's really related to Oblivion. Everytime I play the game a grey box appears on the screen with the text "Out of Memory" in red letters. The game still works, I can keep on playing without any problems (even my PIs still work) and the message is just ... well it's there. I tried it with a vanilla Oblivion and SI without any success. If anyone had some simmilar issue or read about it please post a link to the topic. I just found Out of Memory CTD topics.
Some further infos:
No problems if I play with the lowest settings. Depending on the level of of the qualities sooner or later the box reappears. There is no particular setting which causes the "Bug".
Oblivion is the only game with this "Bug". Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas work fine.
As it seems to be an issue with the graphic I use 2 NVidia GTX 460 with the new Beta driver 275.27 (had same issue with the last non-beta driver).
I hope some can help me.

Greetings Plauzi

PS: I wanted to post a screenshot too but the box doesn't appear on them (veeeeeery strange).

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How much system RAM do you have?

How much RAM you have?
Have you got anything else running in the background when you play the game?
Show us your dxdiag and let us see what have you got.

At first the systems information.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/25/2011, 10:40:56
Machine name: WB18-110
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631)
Language: German (Regional Setting: German)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X48T-DQ6
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM
Page File: 2246MB used, 14132MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode

I use the following graphic card twice:

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 460
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0E22&SUBSYS_216619DA&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4065 MB
Dedicated Memory: 993 MB
Shared Memory: 3071 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
Monitor Name: PnP-Monitor (Standard)
Monitor Model: W2452
Monitor Id: GSM5694
Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Diver File Version: 8.17.0012.7527 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.12.7527
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/14/2011 06:27:00, 15223912 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4D62-11CF-0D67-6A011FC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0E22
SubSys ID: 0x216619DA
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem40.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section005:8.17.12.7527:pci\ven_10de&dev_0e22
Rank Of Driver: 80E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

I stoped here because then comes the Deinterlace Caps which is just a bunch of Hex codes with a description

What I have forgotten to mention is, that the grey box is slightly transparent.
There are no major programms running while I play Oblivion.

Thanks for the fast answers.

Greetings Plauzi

8 gig of RAM, and it is giving out of memory errors? That is just odd.......

Run the game in windowed mode, and track memory usage. See just how much the game is using when you get the error message, and also, how much the rest of the system is using...... I seriously doubt that you are actually running out of memory...... Wonder if you don't have some malware on there, causing some issues?

Thank you for your help.
I started the game in window mode and ... tada. No grey box. RAM usage didn't increas over 44%. And I can even activate AA. I think I will keep on playing in window mode although it's not as nice as fullscreen but everything works fone so...

Greetings Plauzi