defrag ram

[J.Malarki]

anyone know how to defrag your ram????

[Talus]

Re: defrag ram

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=news&id=23

This is what I used to use. I don't feel the need to use it anymore though.

[J.Malarki]

Re: defrag ram

thx i'll try it might help my graphical probs

[CaptJordus]

Re: defrag ram

http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_...age=news&id=23

This is what I used to use. I don't feel the need to use it anymore though.

wtf? When did you become a mod?

[BurnTheWeed]

Re: defrag ram

I use RamIdle, works pretty well but I shut it off when I'm playing a game, but right before I do I'll free up some ram space with it.

[Gunny Highway]

Re: defrag ram

http://www.winntmag.com/Article/ArticleID/41095/41095.html

Article by renowned Windows guru Mark Russinovich of sysinternals.com . When he speaks, IT pros listen. The article is called: The Memory-Optimization Hoax, RAM optimizers make false promises” . You have to have a subscription to read the whole article, as it no longer is new.

As you've surfed the Web, you've probably seen browser pop-ups such as "Defragment your memory and improve performance" and "Minimize application and system failures and free unused memory." The links lead you to utilities that promise to do all that and more for a mere $9.95, $14.95, or $29.95. Sound too good to be true? It is. These utilities appear to do useful work, but at best, RAM optimizers have no effect, and at worst, they seriously degrade performance.

Literally dozens of so-called "memory optimizers" are available—some are commercial products and others are freeware. You might even be running such a product on your system. What do these products really do, and how do they try and fool you into thinking that they live up to their claims? Let's take a look inside memory optimizers to see exactly how they manipulate visible memory counters in Windows.

The Memory Optimizer UI
Memory optimizers typically present a UI that shows a graph labeled Available Memory and a line representing a threshold below which the product will take action. Another line typically shows the amount of memory that the optimizer will try to free when it runs. You can usually configure one or both levels, as well as trigger manual memory optimization or schedule optimizations. Some of the tools also display the processes running on the system.

There's a reason it is called fraudware in the full article.

[Painl3ss.NL]

Re: defrag ram

http://www.winntmag.com/Article/Arti...095/41095.html

Article by renowned Windows guru Mark Russinovich of sysinternals.com .

He's the guy from the Sony rootkit story, right?

Any other references to his ram story? I'ld like to know a bit more, but I'm not going to subscribe.
Defragging RAM is nonsence as it is random access. Optimizing cache performance ? Maybe, but it's always a little of looking into a crystal ball (e.g. don't page out the memory you're going to access in the near future).

[Gunny Highway]

Re: defrag ram

He's the guy from the Sony rootkit story, right?

Any other references to his ram story? I'ld like to know a bit more, but I'm not going to subscribe.
Defragging RAM is nonsence as it is random access. Optimizing cache performance ? Maybe, but it's always a little of looking into a crystal ball (e.g. don't page out the memory you're going to access in the near future).

Yea that is the same guy.

Sorry I can't provide a better link, the full article is copyrighted and needs a subscription.
Personally I haven't paid for a subscription, but read it when it was newer and available. Ppl that work with IT as a profession often have paid for access to such good sites. New articles there are available for 4 month I believe.