EPTmy specs are: core 2 duo 2.0ghz
4gb ddr2
nvidia geforce 9600m gt.
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
and yeah before this i was able to run sc2 on medium perfectly fine, this is just a recent issue. so any idea what might be using up all my ram?
Computer is using lots of ram for no reason :(
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da_head
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my specs are: core 2 duo 2.0ghz 4gb ddr2 nvidia geforce 9600m gt. windows 7 ultimate 64 bit and yeah before this i was able to run sc2 on medium perfectly fine, this is just a recent issue. so any idea what might be using up all my ram? | ||
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jimminy_kriket
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da_head
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infinitestory
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infinitestory
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Mr Tambourine Man
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da_head
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and to the above post, thanks for nothing. | ||
Hot_Bid
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http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=33498 | ||
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da_head
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King K. Rool
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Run it in safe mode and check? | ||
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blue`
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da_head
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On December 06 2010 05:51 blue` wrote: Under the performance tab in the task manager hit resource monitor. Then click the memory tab and sort by Commit I think it was. I used to have a problem where audiodg.exe or something along those lines would be using like 2gb of RAM but it was requested through a service or something so it just wouldn't show up in the task manager, but would in the resource monitor tried that out and nothing unsual was spotted. | ||
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TMStarcraft
Australia686 Posts
Your ram might be stuffed, try running memtest, see what it says. | ||
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da_head
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infinitestory
United States4053 Posts
On December 06 2010 12:00 da_head wrote: yeah it doesnt add up. are you referring to the memtest when you boot up your computer? Should be this (original memtest) | ||
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seanisgrand
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http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/disable-windows-7-superfetch/ | ||
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FrostedMiniWeet
United States636 Posts
1) Disabling superFetch is a stupid Idea. Windows is using all your unused ram as cache for things it thinks you might want to have in memory. This is good, because otherwise all your extra ram is just not being used for anything at all. If the System or any other program needs that ram, then it will be removed from the cache and given to the process that needs it, so there is absolutely no reason to disable this. Why have 4GB of ram if you don't use it for something? 2) Few people understand that the memory usage reported in the Task manager is the "Private working set" of each process. This is the amount of NON-SHAREABLE memory that each process is using, as it is very common for processes to SHARE memory via things like commonly used DLL's, especially for programs that display windows and use other GUI API's. As a result, the sum of all the private working sets of all processes will never add up to the total amount of allocated memory your system is using, as this doesn't count any of the shareable memory that processes may be sharing. If they reported how much each process was using including shared memory, then it would appear as though each process were using more memory than it is, since the shared memory would be counted multiple times for each process when you summed it up. So there is no easy way to simply say how much memory a process is using because it just isn't that simple, and people will be confused no matter how you represent it. Under the task manager, click on "View->Select Columns" Then check the "Memory - Working Set" box. This will display the total amount of memory each process is using, including any shared, or shareable memory, and may give you a better idea of which process are using the most. Don't worry about cached memory if that is taking up a large portion of your RAM, as that will immediately be given up for any process that may need it, and is effectively free memory thats simply being used until something comes along needing it. | ||
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seanisgrand
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I haven't turned off SF since Vista but it's something he should look at. | ||
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FrostedMiniWeet
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From a great article on OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21471/SuperFetch_How_it_Works_Myths "Contrary to what many Windows tweaking guides on the internet tell you, SuperFetch does not impact your every day computing experience in a negative way. SuperFetch makes often-used applications load fast - it doesn't make other applications load any slower. As such, turning it off, as some guides advise you to do, can only result in a slowdown, not a speed up." | ||
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