Can anyone explain Task Manager

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I've been having issues with the computer i bought from ocuk recently like when im suing 3d max its simply crashing all the time, and for scenes that i wouldnt really say are that heavy.

Ive no idea really whats causing it though when i watch task manager, ive noticed the amount of free ram before it crashes seems to fall to 0. Now not knowing exactly ehat it means it may have no link whatsoever.

But then today, i turned the computer on forst thing this morning, left task manager running, come back an hour later and noticed that again the free memory is around the 0 mark. Now nothing was even running. So was wondering if someone could tell me if this is normal, or if it would imply theres something amiss.

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thats very odd as the graph doesnt represent the text. it says you have 6GB (i think) 4.2GB available in the text box and 1 free. the available links to the graph as that shows 1.9GB in use, so 6-1.9 is 4 (give or take). so why only 1mb is free is odd. maybe a windows error?
 
its because it cache's it for your commonly used things so that they load faster, hence 4gb being "cached". the bit on the bottom that says "physical memory 31%" is what you want to look at for what is currently being used by apps, or just the graph bit.
 
Ch3m1c4L said:
its because it cache's it for your commonly used things so that they load faster, hence 4gb being "cached". the bit on the bottom that says "physical memory 31%" is what you want to look at for what is currently being used by apps, or just the graph bit.
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What he said, your actually only using 31% of your physical memory actively and windows has cached 4GB of stuff you tend to use most often so that should you choose to open it its faster than pulling from the HDD. Should you choose to open something unexpected and not in cache it will just pull it from the HDD and replace some of the memory in cache with the new active content.
 
Alright, thanks for the help guys. It's obviously nothing to do with my crashes then.
 
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