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| Thread ID: 74619 | 2006-11-29 10:43:00 | ram usage problem | jesse_jax (9283) | Press F1 |
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| 502951 | 2006-11-29 10:43:00 | ok so i only just found out about this, i always use to think that the games i played just didnt use more than 600-700mb's of ram, but when i was recently just checking random things in taskbar, i right clicked nvidia logo and went to ''About NVIDIA settings'' and it comes up with: i12.tinypic.com so im guessing, the other 400mb just never gets used since no game, and im talking bf2, bf2142, cod2, css, company of heroes etc do NOT use more than 600ish mb's of ram when i check in task manager. so, whats up? why is this the case, is tehre a way to make my other 400mb be used by appz that demand it? thanks. |
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| 502952 | 2006-11-29 11:05:00 | cant edit first post for some reason but thought that you guys might for some reason need to know, i have 2x 512mb pieces of ram | jesse_jax (9283) | ||
| 502953 | 2006-11-29 21:26:00 | whats your swap file (virtual memory) set at? | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 502954 | 2006-11-29 22:44:00 | You do realise your O/S antivirus etc use memory don't you? A game can never use 100% as a portion of your ram is required for other system overheads which is perfectly normal. |
Master_Frost (9951) | ||
| 502955 | 2006-11-30 05:38:00 | oh yeah, avg and zone alarm are gonna use 400mb's of ram arent they?... :lol: and how do i check what my virtual memory is set at? |
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| 502956 | 2006-11-30 06:06:00 | And all of the normal Windows components, never underestemate how much RAM is in use and how many things are using it, I have 400MB in use in Windows as well | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 502957 | 2006-11-30 07:08:00 | ..i only have 200mb in use at idle, sometimes 220mb, why cant the other 800mb be used by bf2142? | jesse_jax (9283) | ||
| 502958 | 2006-11-30 07:30:00 | There are very few programs that run under Windows capable of using the RAM as you want them to. Hence for many applications 512 MB will suffice, little gain is seen for 1 GB. To address your question would reguire that we know how BF2142 is coded, only the authors know that. The words "system stability" come to mind though. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 502959 | 2006-11-30 07:32:00 | hmmm... well its kinda stupid tho isnt it, 300mb's of ram is never used, ever, the most ive seen used is 700 something..:badpc: | jesse_jax (9283) | ||
| 502960 | 2006-11-30 08:36:00 | I just fired up BF2142 and mine uses 640MB of RAM (out of 2GB), how much RAM a program uses depends on the total installed and generally will not use all the available memory. Side note... I love BF2142, just got it, it uses 75% of a DC CPU and runs at 1600x1200 FULL MAX settings at at 50-60fps on a single 7800GTX, that is really good for such a new game... |
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