Best Xbox Feature Apparently Causes Big Problem

One of the best features of the current Xbox generation is Quick Resume. Players can pause multiple games and switch back and forth between them at lightning speed. But it is precisely this function that seems to cause problems in some games.

Xbox Series S Error: Not Enough VRAM?

The Xbox Series has some advantages over the PS5 – including some Quick Resume. Depending on the situation, Xbox players can run up to 12 games in the background and call them up again within a few seconds. The feature knocked our socks off when we tested the consoles.

But apparently the feature can also cause serious problems with some games, as a new user report on Reddit shows. jokekiller94 posted a bizarre crash report of his Xbox Series S on the gaming subreddit:

“Out of video memory while attempting to allocate a rendering resource. Make sure your graphics card has the minimum memory required, try lowering the resolution and/or close other applications that are running.”

In other words: According to the error message the Series S suddenly lacked VRAM. Microsoft’s compact console has a total of 10 GB of GDDR6 RAM (working memory and video memory access the same memory), but that doesn’t seem to have been enough in this case. But how can that be?

Some Reddit users think they found the culprit: Quick Resume. They report having similar experiences when they have a larger number of games open in the background on their console. The only solution to the problem: Xbox games must be actively stopped by the players. To do this, you must have selected the game you want to end after pressing the Xbox button. Now press the menu button and select “Close”. Quick Resume cannot be turned off completely in the console settings.

It’s a shame that Quick Resume is still struggling with problems. The feature is definitely one of the top functions of the current generation of consoles:

Xbox players have one more guess

While most Reddit users suspect the quick resume feature, that’s not the only explanation floating around. A large number of Xbox players assume that it is simply a memory leak acts.

This is a bug that causes the game to grab more and more RAM over time, but doesn’t release it when it’s no longer needed. The console will eventually run out of RAM this way, causing the game to crash. In this case, however, the blame would not lie with Microsoft, but with the developer of the game.

There does not seem to be a clear answer to the problem, but the case is always curious.