Video memory crash on a 3060ti and 4k monitor (attached crash screenshot)

[thrik]

Hi, I keep on getting a crash if I do anything to Milkdrop, including resizing, moving to a different monitor, etc. I even saw a tip from the dev on this forum to try pressing F7 twice to try to move it around, but pressing it on the 2nd time crashes the program with this error.

I wanted to put this on my secondary 1080p monitor but I can't figure out how. It always launches on my 4k monitor. I don't think it's running out of video memory because I'm checking my GPU memory in system settings. I added the .exe to NVIDIA control panel but it doesn't seem to do anything.

The error mentions lowering the resolution in settings but I'm not confident I'm doing it right because it keeps on crashing.

Would appreciate any help! I tried searching as mentioned but couldn't find anything.

[milkdrop2077]

Hi, the message you're seeing is outdated.
I should replace it with a simple "MilkDrop crashed!" message, as it's not related to video memory or resolution.
MilkDrop 3 shouldn't crash if you press F7 twice and should run smoothly even on a 10-year-old computer.
This points to an issue with your system, possibly a buggy driver, Windows, or DirectX.
Or did you add any extra files to the MilkDrop 3 directory? Like presets or images? This could be the cause of your problem too.
It's hard to pinpoint the exact cause.

Try re-installing your Nvidia driver.
Try re-installing DirectX: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=8109
If it still does not work, your last option will be to try re-installing Windows..