Memory Boosters?
Sunday, December 21, 2003 by Richard Mohler | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I was just wondering what's your opinion about memory boosters?
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Richard Mohler
Reply #2 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:18 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:18 PM
Their some kind of programs that clean up your memory.
Essencay
Reply #3 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:28 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:28 PM
Like Memturbo or Rambooster. I don't use them. The programs themselves claim to increase computer performance.
IPlural
Reply #4 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:52 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, December 21, 2003 5:52 PM
I think they can play a part in optimizing your system though some do tend to have trade offs. Almost all of them will allow you to run the app TSR in the system tray so you can reclaim and or defrag your memory as needed. I wouldn't let it just optimize memory automatically because it might lend to application instability in some cases...
kona0197
Reply #5 Sunday, December 21, 2003 6:07 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, December 21, 2003 6:07 PM
I run FreeRAM XP. It works in the background. If my resourses drop below 30% it frees up memory. I love it, works like a charm.
crissy14
Reply #7 Sunday, December 21, 2003 7:24 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, December 21, 2003 7:24 PM
I've been using Ram Booster for approx 6-8 months and it seems to be working pretty good. Freeware. http://www.sci.fi/~borg/rambooster/index.html
kongit
Reply #9 Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:58 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, December 21, 2003 9:58 PM
i used to use freeram xp, but stopped a little while back. I haven't noticed any difference in the speed of my system or anything else for that matter
elvee
Reply #10 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:00 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:00 PM
I use FreeRAM XP Pro...http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/products.html#FreeRAM_XP_Pro
kona0197
Reply #11 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:51 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:51 PM
Travis freeram xp only frees ram when it gets low. Not supposed to make it run faster, just free up memeory when it gets low. 
kongit
Reply #12 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:54 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:54 PM
oh. well that explains why I don't notice anything, I manually free my memory by turning off programs I don't use, or i go to sleep and forget about my worries. 
crissy14
Reply #13 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:31 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:31 PM
Kona0197 - 12/21/2003 10:51:34 PM Travis freeram xp only frees ram when it gets low.
this is true Kona0197. But, doesn't freeing up ram improve system performance thus speeding things up a bit?
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this is true Kona0197. But, doesn't freeing up ram improve system performance thus speeding things up a bit?
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kona0197
Reply #14 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:33 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:33 PM
I guess it does. i personally have my freeRAM set to free up when I reach only 30 megs of memory left. I have never got that low.
Especially after installing a freash stick of 128 bringing my total to 256.
I use tweak xp to make the system run faster as well.
Especially after installing a freash stick of 128 bringing my total to 256.
I use tweak xp to make the system run faster as well.
Koasati
Reply #15 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:42 PM
....... then doesn't it make sense to turn it off, thus freeing up even more RAM?
Reply #15 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:42 PM
| I guess it does. i personally have my freeRAM set to free up when I reach only 30 megs of memory left. I have never got that low. |
kona0197
Reply #16 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:46 PM
Maybe but it only sucks down 2 megs by itself so why bother. And I like knowing how much is free (it tells me in the sys tray)
And anyways, I am not one of those people that goes out of their way to make sure nothing is sucking down memory here and there. Who cares?
Reply #16 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:46 PM
| ....... then doesn't it make sense to turn it off, thus freeing up even more RAM? |
Maybe but it only sucks down 2 megs by itself so why bother. And I like knowing how much is free (it tells me in the sys tray)
And anyways, I am not one of those people that goes out of their way to make sure nothing is sucking down memory here and there. Who cares?
kongit
Reply #17 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:54 PM
Reply #17 Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:54 PM
free ram sucked up more for me, and with the negligible difference just shutting it off made sense. Also I don't like the way it saves memory it moves it to the page file. That slows down things a bit if you use the same program multiple times. I try to keep my page file use down.
Koasati
Reply #18 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:03 AM
Reply #18 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:03 AM
ahhh...... if you're using it as a monitor, I can understand that, I always have a cpu/res monitor running.
kona0197
Reply #19 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:05 AM
yeah it makes better sense than using sysmetrix. I can't fit sysmetrix into my sys tray as easyly.
what do you use for your monitoring?
Reply #19 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:05 AM
| ahhh...... if you're using it as a monitor, I can understand that, I always have a cpu/res monitor running. |
yeah it makes better sense than using sysmetrix. I can't fit sysmetrix into my sys tray as easyly.
what do you use for your monitoring?
IPlural
Reply #20 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:17 AM
Reply #20 Monday, December 22, 2003 12:17 AM
actually short of runing a ram defrager your not freeing up all of the ram and closing a program does not always remove all dll's from memory...
RAM is actually allocated in a similar fashion that is used with psychical drives with there being allocation units and sectors and it is a case where fragmentation does affect performace and the total amount of free ram ready for application use, defraging and recovery also deals with applications that bleed in memory returning ram which is not being used which is marked as being used in that instance...
anyway....
I've used a few different programs and never stuck with rnning one at all times until I came across System Mechanic... which does full system maintanence including memory optimization, another app I run on a couple of systems is TaskInfo2003 which recovers system resources when told to, it also allows you to see exactly what is runing and much more info than most will have any idea of the need to have until the point they need to have it ...
lol well that reads inside out...
RAM is actually allocated in a similar fashion that is used with psychical drives with there being allocation units and sectors and it is a case where fragmentation does affect performace and the total amount of free ram ready for application use, defraging and recovery also deals with applications that bleed in memory returning ram which is not being used which is marked as being used in that instance...
anyway....
I've used a few different programs and never stuck with rnning one at all times until I came across System Mechanic... which does full system maintanence including memory optimization, another app I run on a couple of systems is TaskInfo2003 which recovers system resources when told to, it also allows you to see exactly what is runing and much more info than most will have any idea of the need to have until the point they need to have it ...
lol well that reads inside out...
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Reply #1 Sunday, December 21, 2003 4:39 PM
What are memory boosters?