Failed To Allocate From State Pool Fix — Call Of Duty Black Ops 2

If you’ve modded heavily, your game files are likely fragmented.

  • Restart PC.
  • Reinstall the game to a different drive (if possible – SSDs preferred).
  • Apply Fix #1 (config edit) before even launching the game.

  • DXVK translates BO2’s old DirectX 11 calls to modern Vulkan, which manages memory far better.

    Performance bonus: DXVK often increases FPS on modern GPUs. If you encounter stutter, delete the two .dll files to revert. If you’ve modded heavily, your game files are

    These solutions address 70% of "state pool" errors. Try them in order.

    Corrupted shader caches can pollute the state pool. Restart PC

    Newer AMD/NVIDIA drivers sometimes break DX9 memory reporting.
    Try driver version 472.12 (NVIDIA) or Adrenalin 22.6.1 (AMD) if you’re desperate.


    BO2’s .exe is 32-bit and can’t use more than ~3.5GB RAM. DXVK translates BO2’s old DirectX 11 calls to


    Corrupted runtimes can cause memory allocation failures.