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Old Nov 8, 2003, 12:07 AM   #1
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Freeing Memory Before Playign Games
I noticed powerstrip has a free memory option. Anyway when I start my computer it says I have around 168mbs free but if i free my memory i have 222mbs free. This is with windows98se remember, I was wondering if I should restart and/or free my memory before playing games. I gained about 50 points in 3dmark 2k1 when i did not free my memory and just restarted. But battlefield (which uses more memory then 3dmark) seemed to be runing slower. Was it just my imagination?
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Old Nov 8, 2003, 12:13 AM   #2
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I've consistently found that rebooting without any unnecessary programs running is the best way to go. That's especially true on 9x/ME systems. I don't think it's your imagination.
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Yea... I don't have much in msconfig its all good. But your post sorta umm, well ur saying battlefield was running slower when i didnt free my memory, but you also say just restarting is good. Which is what i did and it seemed to be running slower then when i freed the memory.
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Yea... I don't have much in msconfig its all good...
The fact that you have anything may make a difference. Try unchecking the "Load startup group items" and see if there's a difference. You can even uncheck ALL the programs in the Startup tab. BUT, if you're overclocking your card, you may want to reset that once you boot into Windows.
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Old Nov 8, 2003, 12:25 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #5
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All I have is:
ScanRegistry
TaskMonitor
SytemTRay
LoadPowerProfile
Tweak UI
RadBoot
ATIPOLL
ATISMART

That all good?
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Old Nov 8, 2003, 12:33 AM   #6
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I'd disable all but the LoadPowerProfile and RadBoot.
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Don't I need all that other stuff? If I don't then what is it they're for?
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You don't absolutely have to have the other stuff, no. What you're doing is testing to see if you can free up more memory after a reboot. Try it and see how it goes. You can always turn any of those things back on again.
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O, ok, but whats the point of that? I jsut want to know if I should free my memory before playing games or just reboot.
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I have a question, i have a prog running in the BG called ctfmon.exe
Anyone know wtf this prog is..LOL.I have found this file in the system32 folder, and the i368 folder inside the ServicePackFiles folder.Do i really need this prog running at start up?
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I have a question, i have a prog running in the BG called ctfmon.exe
"Ctfmon.exe provides text input support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies."

http://www.liutilities.com/products/...ibrary/ctfmon/
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O, ok, but whats the point of that? I jsut want to know if I should free my memory before playing games or just reboot.
The point simply is to determine which works better. If your system does better using the program to free memory, by all means use that. But, if your system works better by turning off programs and apps and rebooting, if you need that much more memory, then this is the way to go.

Otherwise, if there's not a noticeable difference, use the more convenient method.
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