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