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    RAM Booster?
    « on: February 16, 2007, 06:37:38 AM »
    Any opinions about RAM booster programs? I am trying RAMBooster v2.0, but have seen several others on freeware sites.
    Are they any good? Do they work? Any problems with them?

    I use Win XP Pro
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    Re: RAM Booster?
    « Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 06:39:40 AM »
    Are these the ones that are supposed to free up RAM?
    They do nothing for you.
    All they do is move some things out of RAM into the page file, which just slows your PC down.
    Avoid them, they do no good.
    Just my opinions though.
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      Re: RAM Booster?
      « Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 11:58:39 AM »
      I agree. They don't do anything Windows couldn't do. If you're low on RAM, buy some more ;) With the speedup, you'll wonder how you ever survived before.
      « Last Edit: February 16, 2007, 11:58:58 AM by Neil »
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      Re: RAM Booster?
      « Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007, 12:08:50 PM »
      And I'll agree with that.
      More RAM is the easiest and cheapest way to increase performance (usually).
      These programs to free RAM do more harm than good, it'd be better to just get some more RAM if you're low on it.
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        Re: RAM Booster?
        « Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 09:53:02 AM »
        Thanks for the advice. I will follow it and uninstall Rambooster.
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        Re: RAM Booster?
        « Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 10:44:54 AM »
        It may have been appealing when RAM was $150 for 4 megs., but there is no need for such crappola now.
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        Re: RAM Booster?
        « Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 12:04:22 PM »
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        Thanks for the advice. I will follow it and uninstall Rambooster.
        Good move.
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        It may have been appealing when RAM was $150 for 4 megs., but there is no need for such crappola now.
        Ah, the good old days, before I was even thought of . . .
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          Re: RAM Booster?
          « Reply #7 on: February 17, 2007, 05:56:44 PM »
          Lol, ram boosting tools probably use more than 4mb.
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          Re: RAM Booster?
          « Reply #8 on: February 18, 2007, 04:12:22 AM »
          I had one beast of a RAM booster (before I knew how useless they were) that sucked loads of RAM, it took up about 64Mb.
          I only had 256Mb at that time, so it was a bit of a blow.
          Oh, and the onboard GPU took up a further 32Mb.
          So it really reduced performance.
          That's why I stay away from them now.
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            Re: RAM Booster?
            « Reply #9 on: February 18, 2007, 08:17:40 AM »
            Well, we all like a free lunch! But this one seems to be not so good. I have uninstalled it now. Thanks again.
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              Re: RAM Booster?
              « Reply #10 on: February 18, 2007, 09:31:12 AM »
              What a lot of them do is they tell Windows they are using ridiculous amounts of RAM which cases Windows to ship data off to the paging file to make room for the RAM booster. The booster then gives back its memory and, in theory, you have free physical memory.

              I have no doubt some tools are useful for optimising memory, but the majority of them don't really do anything that Windows couldn't do normally.
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