How To Fix Black Myth Wukong Out of Video Memory (VRAM) Error During Shader Compilation on Intel CPUs

Intel’s 13th and 14th generation CPUs, specifically the 13900K and 14900K have some issues that will cause Out of Video Memory error to show up during shader compilation in Black Muyth Wukong.

If your PC does not meet the minimum requirement, then you need to upgrade the PC. However, if you own a 13th or 14th gen CPU, then this issue can be resolved.

Black Myth Wukong is a new RPG game that was released today. The game is based on the Chinese mythology and is developed by the Game Science studio.

Black Myth Wukong is developed using Unreal Engine and the games developed on UE5 just do not go well on these latest CPU chipsets. Intel messed up big time with these.

Intel has acknowledged this issue with certain 13th and 14th-generation CPUs, like the i9-13900k and similar models.

So, let’s discuss how you can fix this issue in Black Myth Wukong.

How To Fix Black Myth Wukong Out of Video Memory Error

You need to download Intel XTU, a free tool from Intel that lets you tweak your CPU’s settings. In XTU, find the setting called “Performance Core Ratio“. Change the number from 59 to 57. This tells your CPU to use a little less power.

Now relaunch the game to see if you can compile the shaders now. If you are still unable to compile them, then change the number to 55, you may end up facing some performance issues after this but at least you will be able to play the game.

Also make sure your drivers are up to date, especially the graphics driver. Close every other program during the shader compilation process.

The process is pretty fast but due to the Intel issue, a lot of players can’t get past the shader compilation screen.

Final Words

This is not a guaranteed fix, especially if your issue is not because of the Intel CPU. You need a minimum of Nvidia 1060 GPU to play this game, though I would recommend playing this on at least RTX 3060 so that you can have a good experience since this game has pretty cool graphics. Also, turn off Ray Tracing if you have an RTX GPU to get a FPS Boost.