Re: RAM Recovery

What graphics card and how much memory does it have or are you using onboard
graphics. Either way 512 isn't much when playing games but if you only have
a very basic graphics card or onboard chip more ram might not make much
difference for gaming.

Glen P


"Lady Yuna" <LadyYuna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:14226678-1C40-4D64-95DB-99DFAEEB1637@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am running XP on a 2.8 Gig processor with 512mb RAM. Is that not enough?
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> The garbage collection routines in XP will eventually recover the RAM
>> unless
>> it is an extremely poorly written program. A reboot will force the issue.
>> From your description of the problem it sounds like the real problem is
>> you
>> do not have enough RAM to start with. RAM recovery programs are snakeoil
>> and
>> not worth using. They invariably use more resources than they free up and
>> cause many problems with other programs. In earlier versions of Windows
>> memory managers were sometimes useful. In Windows XP they are a waste of
>> time.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>> Lady Yuna wrote:
>> > Ok Thanks to both Mike and Kerry Yes a reboot does help some but I
>> > would still like to know of any recovery programs. To Kerry who
>> > didnt understand what Im trying to do--when you play a game from a
>> > disc it uses the RAM and the computer doesnt always recover all that
>> > Ram when you close the game down making the computer a bit sluggish.
>> > As I said a reboot does help. I guess Im just curioes about a program
>> > to recover it without rebooting.
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ram recovery programs use more resources than ever they free up..
>> >> reboot after playing, as suggested by Kerry..
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Hall
>> >> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Lady Yuna" <LadyYuna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:8584ED43-DBE0-4010-9A4D-B48224D114D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Hopefully a simple ask. I am after a program to recover RAM
>> >>> particularly after playing a game from a disc offline. System
>> >>> Mechanic Pro has one but i
>> >>> dont want to install the whole program. Does anyone have any
>> >>> suggestions?
>>
>>
>>
>>


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