Optimizing RAM when playing PR

[AfterDune]

Tonight I installed a free RamBooster, a little program that cleans up and optimizes memory.

So, PR was running with its regular 1.3+ GB of memory usage. I start up the tool, let it optimize my memory every 5 minutes or so and when I checked the BF2 process in my task manager...............:



Maaaaaaan!




I've been playing for like 45 minutes now and memory is between 100MB and 250MB....


Try it out, see what it does for you?

[Smegburt_funkledink]

Awesome! I hope this is for realz.

[karambaitos]

Will this raise my FPS or just stop BF2 from crashing?

[AfterDune]

Well, I had a memory error every now and then. BF2 using more memory than it can handle or so, I don't know. I haven't had problems yet, I'm still "testing" it .

[Brummy]

What the heck? Jesus, PR uses 2.7GB here

[pdxmark]

I think the game crashes when I hit the 2GB mark. Since that's all I have for memory! PR starts off using only 1.3GBs, but grows from there! I couldn't tell you what makes the memory use grow after a couple map loads, but it seems to have some correlation in my mind.

[Pedz]

OO hopefully this will fix my audiodg.exe problem when it takes up all the ram for no reason!(and kills the pc =[ ) Thanks for this

[snooggums]

I would like to know if it improves anything like rubber banding or FPS, as it is most likely just removing the stuff that has recently been used, and if that is textures then you may have to load them again when you get back to that part of the map and have some unnecessary loading if you have plenty of RAM for it to store for later.

[Zehtuka]

Software works brilliant, I got a couple extra frames on Silent Eagle but I'll need to test it to see if it's fully stable.

[Raic]

Hmm, there really isn't such thing as ram "optimizing" or whatever. It probably looks for any ram programs have taken for themselves but aren't using and making it "avaivable". Sounds good, but unless your system is running low in memory this isn't necessary and can actually do you more harm than good. Think its useful for games and programs that use lot or ram and doesn't properly free it up, like BF2. I'd recommend use it at end of rounds or before loading so the ram is freed before loading next map, but not while playing, BF2 needs to get the stuff it puts in RAM from somewhere and if it isn't in ram it takes it from HDD and thats slower and will affect your performance.

[pdxmark]

I have DL and will test as well!

EDIT: The application itself uses 26MB on my copy of XP. My copy of XP32 idles around 150MB.

Turning this on after a reboot my machine is running at 177MB.

[AfterDune]

Hmm, there really isn't such thing as ram "optimizing" or whatever. It probably looks for any ram programs have taken for themselves but aren't using and making it "avaivable". Sounds good, but unless your system is running low in memory this isn't necessary and can actually do you more harm than good. Think its useful for games and programs that use lot or ram and doesn't properly free it up, like BF2. I'd recommend use it at end of rounds or before loading so the ram is freed before loading next map, but not while playing, BF2 needs to get the stuff it puts in RAM from somewhere and if it isn't in ram it takes it from HDD and thats slower and will affect your performance.

The program is only clearing up unused RAM. BF2 is pretty much known to not clear things up nice and tidy. If you have no trouble with BF2 CTD-ing due to memory stuff, there's no need for it.

I'm still not sure if it helps, but so far I haven't had crashes, so at least until now it works fine for me.



Running the program on an idle machine doesn't do anything except take more RAM than not running the program . It's the same as saying XP uses 150MB, but when I load up Photoshop, the memory usage increases a terrible lot!

[AgentMongoose]

I just put flame decals on my ram if I want it to work faster.


But really with 8gbs of ram I don't care if pr munches a bit more then it should.

[richyrich55]

Damn you people and your bitchin' fast machines!

I'm stuck with 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo, 2gbs RAM, and 256mb on my 2600 Pro.

[driver-ch-driver]

Im gonna DL this and try it out, I only have 1 gb of Ram as it is so I need to get the most out of it lol

[Burton]

I couldn't see any change in performance or the amount of RAM being used. I got two different readings when I checked what my system said I was using compared to what the software said.

[JohnnyTheIED]

I just tried it and wow. Amazing change in performance. I don't know if its the settings of foreground apps getting most cpu, or the possible fact it removes all unused textures loaded...

But I was for once not choppy on a map like Beirut. I used to be laggy and choppy on 60 % view scale, just tried it on a full server, 85% and no lag.

Thanks for the heads up on this great app!

[Masaq]

Really need to know what kind of spec systems people are using this on for feedback to be any use, I think.

Are the people who are reporting a benefit using systems with 2Gb of RAM, for example?

[JohnnyTheIED]

My specs are:

2.5 gigs of ram
P4 2.4
WinXp 32
7600 gt geforce

I definitely think there was a great reduction in memory used for unseen textures.

[2ClipsOneKill]

I don't have CTD issues I just tested it because I was curious.


I just tried it in CO-OP on Muttrah and Lashkar.

Starting Muttrah @ ~1.3GB RAM used, the program kicks in and it used 300mb.
But flying around over the city there are small freezes every now and then.
Obviously when stuff is loaded back to RAM from the harddrive, since I have a SSD I imagine the freezes might be worse with an ordinary hard drive.

Lashkar using 200 MB... No improvement in FPS (not that I was expecting any).
Disconnect to try a big 4km but then BF2 CTD.

I fiddle around a bit with the settings in the program and get a BSOD "Memory Management".
Windows 7 doesn't like having programs messing around with Memory and shut down to protect my files it seems.

I'll try it out on line tomorrow.

E8500 @ 4.2Ghz
4870x2
4 GB RAM @ 1066mhz
Windows 7 64-bit