Whats a good way to free up some RAM

[BigCoolJesus]

Basically, is there any way to free up more RAM during normal usage (ie, Windows XP Pro, using AIM, Firefox, etc)??


I know background apps like AlienGUIse and certain programs that run in the system tray use memory, but is there any easy way to free up more?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

You dont want to "free up" ram. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want the most info in RAM as possible. The system will page out data that isnt being used and put in fresh data as needed. So in short. Dont waste your time, RAM boosting programs just waste memory and cpu cycles to run.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Close programs.

 

[wpeng]

This page is awesome:

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

Read it CLOSELY, otherwise you may end up nuking a program that you need.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer
You dont want to "free up" ram. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want the most info in RAM as possible. The system will page out data that isnt being used and put in fresh data as needed. So in short. Dont waste your time, RAM boosting programs just waste memory and cpu cycles to run.

well the whole point is if im playing BF2, i want all the RAM i can get, but if i have a bunch of other stuff using the RAM also, then thats no good

 

[furballi]

Remove unwanted items from MSCONFIG's startup list and windows' Services. Windows will automatically manage RAM.

 

[Unkno]

if you don't want to "nuke" a program to free up some ram, minimaze the application/s.

 

[Bozo Galora]

What you really mean is free up RAM from apps that do not release it after use, like winrar or Nero loading a big bin file, or an anti virus scan that puts all the defs in memory.

For that BySoft FreeRam (freeware) is the best, that will free up your RAM to a desired level automatically in background, or manually.
Watching it while it is minimized is quite an education on leaky software.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Buy more.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
What you really mean is free up RAM from apps that do not release it after use, like winrar or Nero loading a big bin file, or an anti virus scan that puts all the defs in memory.

For that BySoft FreeRam (freeware) is the best, that will free up your RAM to a desired level automatically in background, or manually.
Watching it while it is minimized is quite an education on leaky software.

thanks, ill check it out

 

[MobiusPizza]

Well the RAM optimising software I heard would lower the overall performance than it has actually improved cause they forces the loaded RAM to be paged for active programs.

Closing programs is the best and safest way. I won't rely on those RAM optimisizer if I am you.
For example, I can see closing firefox frees up 50MB of RAM