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Hi I think my system is not allocating enough RAM to WINE applications . I am using WINE to play games but they are loading slowly and RAM usage is normal. So how can I improve reserve memory of WINE?

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RAM:
I don't think there is much you can do as wine takes what it needs. As it is 32bit the upper limit is 4Gb. Then there is a 2Gb (sometimes 3Gb) limit for RAM per application.

Video RAM (VRAM):
You can allow more VRAM by editing the wine registy:

  1. wine regedit
  2. go to:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER → Software → Wine → Direct3D → VideoMemorySize
    and set the value to a higher one. The default seems to be 64Mb.
    If you see no such key, create it (right-click on Direct3D, select New then String Value and name it VideoMemorySize).

More registry information: useful registry keys from wiki.winehq.org.

This detailed memory management page from the wine developer notes might give more clues but it is quite technical.

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    but i am not having that option.
    – Raja G
    Commented Oct 20, 2012 at 17:03
  • Try adding the Direct3D folder, then create the key. Then close all wine applications so the wine server does not run. What wine version are you running? (wine --version)
    – rosch
    Commented Oct 20, 2012 at 17:41
  • Did adding the folder work?
    – rosch
    Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 19:45
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    amigo I'm in home on vacation . doing this from mobile . I'll try and let you know .
    – Raja G
    Commented Oct 25, 2012 at 1:56
  • Is this still accurate?
    – TheLabCat
    Commented Jun 27, 2022 at 16:19

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