My computer keeps using memory too quick

MTB

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Everytime i try playen a game all my memory gets used up. I been using rambooster and it seems pretty bad.... this has never happend before. Here are my specs. Is there something in my bios messed up

SOYO Dragon Plus
AMD XP 1.4GHZ
256 Meg PC2100 of DDR memory from Crucial
Visiontek Geforce 3 TI200
Western Digital 40 GB 7200RPM 100 ATA Hard Drive
Sound Blaster Live X Gamer
52x MAX CD-ROM
 

InsaneMorphius

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What programs are you using in the background? What OS are you using?

Hit Control/Alternate/Delete and that will show the progs running, that is usually the culprit, just stop the excess

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ebaycj

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ok first of all, rambooster is likely your problem.

these types of programs were SLIGHTLY useful under win9x, and are entirely worthless on an NT kernel (win2000, winXP). delete it. trust me. memory management on win2k/winxp needs no help unless you are tryin to go over 2gb of ram. if you dont believe me, try running "taskmgr.exe" in your windows/system32 directory. it is all you need. with taskmgr, you can see each process thats running, its priority, and how much memory it is using (among other things). if a process is using memory and you need that memory back, just click on that process and hit "end task". problem solved.

however, you said that your games "use up" all your memory, and you refer to it as if its a BAD thing. "using up" all your memory in this case is a GOOD thing, because it likely means that the game has taken all the 3d models and textures and put them into memory, thus speeding up your game ( and "using up" your memory ). the memory will be freed once the game's executable stops running. now, if the game stays running after you tell it to quit, then there is a problem with the game, and not with your computer or your OS. (if this is the case, you could try the 'end task" solution mentioned above).

oh. and your BIOS would have nothing to do with this. i can't imagine where you got a silly idea like that.



hope this helps

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ebaycj

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its more likely to be your AGP driver and/or your video card driver.
update them both to the newest REFERENCE drivers (from www.via.com.tw and www.nvidia.com, not the board manufacturer's sites.)

its also very possible that your sound blaster live's drivers could be the problem. Creative's drivers for the LIVE! series and the Audigy series are ABSOLUTELY THE WORST DRIVERS EVER (perhaps with the exception of ATI who also makes incredibly crappy drivers). my suggestion to remedy this problem: buy a real soundcard, and not creative's over-hyped and under-featured cards that do everything in software. real soundcards include: philips acoustic edge, turtle beach santa cruz, hercules gameTheater XP.

also, depending on what game(s) youre playing, you should also download any updates to that game as well..


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