How to Fix the Witchfire Out of Video Memory Error

After being an Epic Store Games exclusive for a year, Witchfire finally lands on Steam. This title will most likely continue in this state of early access for at least another year or so into the near future. Like a few other games built on the Unreal Engine, this one also has some technical difficulties, especially with specific hardware. What you see below are some methods that could potentially help rectify the "Out of Video Memory" error that might appear in Witchfire.

How to Fix Video Memory Error in Witchfire

Playing Witchfire with a 13th or 14th generation Intel CPU may cause the game to crash with the "Out of Video Memory" error. This occurs due to Intel's constant efforts, along with other motherboard manufacturers, to try and fix the long-standing instability issues surrounding these CPU processors.

Until such time as a permanent fix is released from Intel, here is a suggested workaround to avoid the crash:

Upgrade BIOS to 0x12B Microcode Patch as an Up-to-Date Stable Fix

First, you should upgrade your motherboard's BIOS. In conjunction with most motherboard manufacturers, Intel has released the 0x12B microcode patch that should resolve the issue in Unreal Engine 5 games, at the expense of performance. The speed reduction isn't especially large, but eventually, owners of these processors will be forced to do so simply because of the stability issues that continue to plague them.

While it is a bit daunting to dive into changing the BIOS, in the long run, instead of using fixes that would later be problematic, this patch is your best bet right now.

Temporary Solution: Use Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility

You can bypass the BIOS updates and use Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility to change your CPU's recommended PL1/PL2 limits manually.

Download Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility at this link.

In the Basic Tuning section, hit "Apply" once changing the Performance Core Ratio from 57x to 55x or 54x after opening said utility.

Should work provided you have the utility continuously running in the background.

Basic Diagnostics

If you do not have a processor that is of this series, here are a few general things you can try.

Ensure that Visual C++ and DirectX is updated to their latest versions.

If you're using a laptop, make sure your discrete GPU is enabled.

Make sure Windows is up to date.

Verify that your GPU drivers are updated: Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD

If you use Steam or Epic Launcher, verify the integrity of the game archive.

We still recommend that gamers update the BIOS instead, however, as this ought to reduce the frequency of the crashes. For the owners of 13th and 14th generation CPUs, we should put their minds at rest-this is an ongoing issue, and probably a few more upgrades will get it sorted. We had a blast with Witchfire last year, and it's a blast if you're not on these dreaded CPUs.

Following these, you should be able to troubleshoot the "Out of Video Memory" error in Witchfire and hopefully then be in a position to play the game seamlessly.