Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: do the ram booster programs really work for gamming
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I udes ram booster program and freed up like 40% of my ram but when i played halo it was the same did't notice any diffence i have 256 ram

  • 01.11.2005 11:07 AM PDT
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Ok, well, I'll explain ram first.

Ram is never empty. If you are using, say, microsoft word, you'll only use about 56 mb of ram (for reference purposes). however, if you have, say, 256 mb of ram, the extra 200 mb is used as the system idle process - basically, windows fills up ram with recent programs you've used. If you were surfing the net just before using word, it will store IE in the ram in the hopes of making it open quicker the next time you bring it up.

What ram booster programs do is eliminate the system idle process, but not completely. This means longer start up times for frequently used programs, but frees up ram for other programs. So, if Halo really only uses just over 128 mb of ram to begin with, you won't notice much of a difference. Where you would notice a difference is audio and video encoding, and other sismilar processes where the more ram, the better.

Hope that helped.

  • 01.11.2005 11:16 AM PDT
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thanks sexy legs davis

  • 01.11.2005 11:22 AM PDT
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Heyyo,

I suggest NOT using them. Cause yeah, it just clears the ram... and doesn't know which you need for stuff like gaming so it could clear those files, and then your hd has to reload it to the ram, and tends to cause temporary lag... You're better off getting another stick of ram than one of these progs...

  • 01.11.2005 2:26 PM PDT