Good RAM cleaning software?

XabbaRus · 07-10-07, 12:51 PM

What is a good one to get for optimizing my RAM and clearing things out of memory?

07-10-07, 01:45 PM

I don't know if this is technically RAM cleaning but I use it before I run any game. Its called endit all. I think it mainly ends anything running in the background which in effect frees more processing power for the game.

http://www.docsdownloads.com/Tier1/enditall.htm

Letum · 07-10-07, 02:50 PM

RAM optimisers are not allways the best solution. Usualy it is better to eliminate the problem rather than the symptoms.
Do you have a lot of background programs running?

XabbaRus · 07-10-07, 03:04 PM

Well before I play IL2 I go offline and then turn off my firewall and other things so I only have about 25 processes running.

SUBMAN1 · 07-10-07, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Well before I play IL2 I go offline and then turn off my firewall and other things so I only have about 25 processes running.

Most processes that you can eliminate will already have no affect on your game anyway, so why bother? These are called sleeping processes. The ones that will have an affect on your game are typically system procs and you can't do anything about them anyway.

Badly behaving processes are typically ones found from the 95/98/ME era. XP does an excellent job of eliminating any processes with memory leaks the moment the app is terminated, so its not really an issue anymore.

-S

PS. THis is assuming you haven't loaded up your system with a lot of spyware apps that call home all the time.

PPS. If I am running a benchmark app, I will eliminate all terminatable procs myself still however - can't have a proc affect my score by even a single point in 3DMark now can we! :p But in reality, it will have no affect on real gaming performance.

07-10-07, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Well before I play IL2 I go offline and then turn off my firewall and other things so I only have about 25 processes running.

Most processes that you can eliminate will already have no affect on your game anyway, so why bother? These are called sleeping processes. The ones that will have an affect on your game are typically system procs and you can't do anything about them anyway.

-S

PS. THis is assuming you haven't loaded up your system with a lot of spyware apps that call home all the time.

So using endit all is a waste of time?

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07-10-07, 01:45 PM	#2
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I don't know if this is technically RAM cleaning but I use it before I run any game. Its called endit all. I think it mainly ends anything running in the background which in effect frees more processing power for the game. http://www.docsdownloads.com/Tier1/enditall.htm