Unneeded Processes

d3moliti0n · 22 May 2008 at 00:22

Hey there

So basically I want to make the most out of my memory, especialy when gaming, so are there any programs out there or some way to detect which processes running on your PC aren't really needed and are just taking up memory when it could be used for something else?

I use FreeRAM XP Pro aswell but that doesn't really tell you what processes you can safely cancel, it just tries to free up a bit of spare memory which is pretty good but yeah, I'm looking for a program that can detect the usefullness of processes and which ones to close etc.

Thanks for your help and time.

Caged · 22 May 2008 at 00:34

How much RAM do you have?

d3moliti0n · 22 May 2008 at 00:36

2GB, and I have bought some upgrades for my computer, I'm going to be installing a new motherboard, CPU and another 2GB of DDR2 ram, Corsair XMS2.

Caged · 22 May 2008 at 00:37

If you're running 4GB then I wouldn't even bother trying to free RAM up to the level of stopping services running. Just don't leave an HD movie playing in the background and you'll be fine.

d3moliti0n · 22 May 2008 at 00:41

No, I'm not running 4GB, what I'm trying to say is I currently have 2GB DDR Ram in my PC, but I am upgrading my PC with a new motherboard, processor and memory, and I am moving to DDR2 memory, and I have bought 2GB of Corsair XMS2 DDR2 as part of the upgrade, so I will still have 2GB memory.

manjuice · 22 May 2008 at 00:47

When I had XP, I used msconfig to disable unnecessary start-up items and used this site to disable services I didn't need.

IDLE: 230mb

d3moliti0n · 22 May 2008 at 00:49

tchan_4 said:
When I had XP, I used msconfig to disable unnecessary start-up items and used this site to disable services I didn't need.

IDLE: 230mb

Thanks for the link, very useful.