Taking control of your RAM is one way to free up resources as Windows can sometimes be very inefficient at managing it quickly.

However, it's also a very risky think to carry out as a third party application is effectively deciding what is better for your RAM management than Windows itself. The problem often is that initially, the RAM manager may make a noticeable difference to your machine but after a while, it simply can't hide the fact that you need to install more RAM in your system. SuperRam 5 doesn't do a bad job of increasing computer performance by freeing wasted memory and optimizing memory utilization your computer. Once installed, it doesn't require much setup apart from defining the threshold that you want it to start cleaning RAM. After that, it takes care of the job itself, flushing RAM when it reaches a certain tipping point. When it flushes, there can be a brief lag in your system performance but afterwards you will notice an improvement in performance. However, RAM is like a bottomless pit and the more you clean it out, the fuller it seems to get, especially when opening new applications. Eventually, you may find that the lags it creates when it flushes RAM are causing more problems than letting Windows do the job.

This program may solve your immediate RAM problems but over time, it can get tiresome and it's no substitute for upgrading your RAM.

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I installed this program hoping for a significant improvement in my PCs RAM usage but in the end, I found it more hassle than it was worth. Whether this is because I didn't have enough RAM for it to work effectively or whether it just doesn't do it's job well but I was better off leaving Windows to the job.

The program is quick to install and launches immediately managing your RAM from the word go. It automatically comes preconfigured according to how it decides your system should be managed. RamCleaner is then supposed to carefully control your systems resources to give you the best performance. However, in my case, the optimisation process meant a noticeable slow down in transitions between windows and programs and in some case, complete freezes.

This is a simple program that only works well if you've got plenty of RAM installed for it to manage.

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CPU and RAM memory are among the most important factors to determine computer's power. The first one refers to the velocity of the computer to operate data; the second one refers to the amount of memory the PC has in order to handle those data. This is one of the cases in which it's always true to say, the more the better. Unfortunately, we are not always financially able to upgrade our computer.

Another way to increase the performance of your PC is to use a program that optimizes the usage of these crucial components, CPU and RAM. Mz Ram Booster is a free application that is supposed to do so. It's fairly friendly to use and there is also a comprehensive manual at your disposal. For non-expert users I would just recommend pressing the 'recommended settings' button and applying the settings before closing the program. This will free RAM when CPU usage is lower then 30% and will auto optimize the memory every two hours.

It is also interesting that you can set the CPU's priority, choosing to give the best response time to foreground applications or to background ones, or to apply the same priority for both. You can also set your processor's L2 cache size if you know it exactly, otherwise run CPU-Z to get the exact number of Kilobytes.

Give your computer a boost improving RAM and CPU usage. It can make a difference, especially if your computer is not particularly powerful, otherwise its benefits may be limited.

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RAM optimizer tool that will keep your computer running faster. It increases the operation system performance by making more memory available for your applications.

Features:

• Defragment system memory for faster access time
• Increasing the efficiency of your CPU and Motherboard caches
• Recover memory leaks from poorly behaved applications
• Temporarily flush unused libraries out to disk and so on

Using these optimization tricks will help your favorite applications and games run faster and more efficiently - even on old computers.

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Your PC RAM or memory is one of the most important components in your system and if it fails to work right, can leave you in all kinds of trouble.

if you are experiencing unexpected crashes or strange hang-ups, then MemTest will solve the problem once and for all. The program works on the principle of running a series of intense diagnostic tests through the memory to see how it responds. Depending on the results of these tests, it will then inform you whether you need to replace your RAM. A computer that fails the tests will be less stable and crash more often and worse, will start to write corrupted data to your hard disk. over time as corrupted data is written to your hard disk. If you regularly push your PC to it's limits via gaming or with high end graphics apps, then it's essential that your memory works smoothly. As the developers point out, you can try to resolve problems by tweaking the RAM but unfortunately, this is a very hit and miss way of diagnosing any problems whereas this program reveals memory bugs and errors instantly.

A useful tool for anyone who is experiencing instability issues and if you're worried int could be your RAM, will put any doubts to rest.

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RamSmash frees wasted memory and channels it back to the pool of available resources. By optimizing memory utilization your computer, it will operate at stable speeds and never run out of memory. Very easy to use, fully compliant with all versions of Microsoft Windows and automatically frees memory in real-time. Boost the performance of your PC the easy way.

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MemInfo Displays the current memory (RAM or Page File) usage of Windows in the system tray. With a small gauge graphic and the value updated in real time, the program gives a fast feedback to current memory usage in Windows.

You can choose when MemInfo should warn you about high memory usage, show physical memory or Windows page file, show free or used memory, choose the font that looks better. Memory defragmenter is also included to speed up your computer by maximizing the available free memory.

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BySoft FreeRAM 4.0 is a freeware memory manager program that defragments and reclaims memory from the operating system and leaking applications and dlls. This decreases load time and boosts application performance.

Features:

• Optimize memory manually or automatically
• Flushes unused libraries to disk
• Increases efficiency of your CPU
• Easily free specified amount of memory with shortcut
• Easily free predefined amounts of memory
• See real time chart of available memory and CPU usage
• Automatically or manually tunes system file cache
• Skin support

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Windows has never been particularly at handling memory, and in particular, if you're running the 95 or 98 versions of the OS, your RAM is probably being unneccessarily hogged all the time. RAMBoss is designed to help you take charge of your system memory in order to make your computer run faster.

Although it's user interface is basic to say the least, it provides a very straightforward way of managing your memory. It displays a progress bar showing how much RAM is installed on your machine. Here, you can set the the amount that you want to keep free. Then, simply hit the 'Optimize' button and the program will adjust the system to your new requirements.

If you're fed up with Windows draining your RAM then RAMBoss provides a very simple solution.

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Windows leaves behind so many temporary files and archives that it can soon overwhelm your PC. HackCleaner is a program designed especially to release memory occupied by temporary archives, unessential files and those that are simply hogging space unnecessarily on your PC.

With HackCleaner, you can analyze your hard disk for such problems and it presents a list of all the temporary archives that are no longer needed such as DLL's in disuse, remainders of programs that have been uninstalled plus many other components. From here, you can select the type of archives that you want to delete and afterwards it will present a result of how much space has been freed on your hardrive.

This program does it's job well but it really doesn't offer much more than any other cleaner including Windows own "free hard disk space" cleaner that kicks in when disk space reaches critically low levels. On the other hand, it does give you more detail about what you are deleting and could prevent you deleting essential files by accident.

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TweakRAM is a handy memory optimizer tool that will keep your computer running faster and more efficiently. It increases your system performance by making more memory available to your applications and the operating system.

TweakRAM defragments your computer's memory, increasing the efficiency of your CPU and Motherboard caches, recovers memory leaks from poorly behaved applications, flushes unused libraries temporarily out to disk and so on. With these optimization tricks your favorite applications and games will run faster and more efficiently.

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CachemanXP is a system service designed to improve the performance of your computer by optimizing several caches, auto-recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings. Auto-Optimization makes it suitable for novice and intermediate users yet it is also powerful and versatile enough for computer experts. Backups of settings ensure that all user modifications can be reversed with a single click. Due to the system service nature it requires Windows NT4/2000/2003 or XP to run, uses minimal resources and virtually no CPU time. The help file includes a screenshot based system performance guide.

Almost all RAM-Recovery programs do more harm than good. Usually the recovery is done too often (constant disk activity), too much data gets moved to the Paging File (so when the user switches programs there are major slow downs) and often the recovery is executed in times where the user does something important and CPU consuming, slowing down all system operations.

CachemanXP ensures:

• No recovery happens if the system has still a lot of free RAM left (below setting)
• Long pauses between recovery operations (pause setting)
• The recovery will be postponed if CPU intensive applications (like video editing software or a fullscreen game) are working
• Active programs are not moved to the Paging File

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RuntimeChecker is a powerful tool that detects memory leak for windows applications. This program has the following features:

• No recompile and no relink
• Straight to the point, no unrelated information
• High performance. It can be used for load/stress test
• Easy to use
• Start a process from RuntimeChecker or attach to a running process
• Export/Import memory leak result at any time

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Have you ever noticed how your computer always seems to run better after rebooting? Do you wish it could be that peppy all day? Well, now it can be with a little help from AnalogX MaxMem!

AnalogX MaxMem is a realtime physical memory management program that automatically ensures that you always have as much physical memory available as possible. It does this by allowing you to set minimum amounts of memory to be made available under certain circumstance, and then passively monitoring how much system resources are being used. It runs in the system tray, and also shows you exactly how much memory you have available, plus graphs how you've been using memory over the last 60 seconds!

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If you want to know the state of your memory usage but don't want to install a complex program, MemUse could well be the solution you need. This program, in the form of a tiny 7KB executable doesn't require any installation and will show up a small display containing information about the physical and virtual memory both available and used. It's extremely simple to use and the only option that you have is to choose whether the window is always on top or not.

Features of the program:

• Tiny executable
• Shows Memory Information (Physical and Virtual)
• Stay On Top option (System Menu)
• Windows XP Theme support
• Shows Physical percentage value in the title of the window
• Can show memory usage in KB

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MemMonster is the fastest memory manager and RAM optimizer which enables your computer to work more efficiently. No matter how much RAM you have on your computer, it will definitely help your computer work faster.

Moreover, MemMonster makes your computer much more stable by discovering applications that can cause crashes, lockups, slowdowns of your computer. It will manage your computer RAM and resources so that you will forget about Windows crashes and fatal error messages.

MemMonster uses a new sophisticated algorithm which allows fast memory optimization and full recovery. It will enable your computer to respond fast even in memory overload conditions. So, you will not have any more trouble working with memory consuming multimedia and Internet applications. MemMonster will significantly reduce the number of Windows crashes.

MemMonster will do all the job while it works quietly in the background or you can explore facilities of Memory Monitor, Memory Tuning, and Task Manager to detect and terminate programs that cause memory and resources leaks.

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Many software products, including Windows, load a huge amount of libraries in memory, but not all of them are necessary. Our memory optimizer product will find these memory blocks and will unload them to the page file. When some of this data becomes necessary it is loaded back to RAM memory again. Sometimes when applications close, not the entire allocated memory is released. RAM Booster Expert finds these memory leaks and flushes them, increasing size of free memory. Also RAM Booster Expert make a memory de-fragmentation that reduce the needed time for CPU to find the information.

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AMS FAST Defrag is a powerful tool that includes a huge number of features to enhance your PC performance, to make it more secure and to simplify your daily work.

This program uses low resources, supports skins and Multilanguage. Memory Manager helps you to correct and manage the memory usage of your PC and prevents the appearance of program crashes and memory holes; Memory Editor allows you to modify different addresses from a process's memory; Task Manager offers high control over the applications that are running on your PC. System Config allows you to easily manage applications and OS resources. This module also contains Uninstall and Startup managers.

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Freeware application to free and optimize your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory), resulting in an increase in system performance and productivity. Automatically configures itself for ease of use and also features advanced options and customizability. FreeRAM XP Pro has been designed to be easy to use yet highly customizable by computer novices and experts alike.

Features and options include:

• Automatic, real-time memory monitoring and optimization
• Fast, threaded memory freeing with stop option
• AutoFree option intelligently optimizes RAM without sacrificing performance
• System metric and performance monitors
• Advanced tray support
• Memory reporting and diagnostic logging
• Simple, attractive interface
• RAM-cuts (RAM-freeing Windows shortcuts)
• Customizable Windows hotkey support
• Access to Windows memory-related tweaks that could enhance system performance (new in 1.50)
• Process memory usage reporting (new in 1.50)
• Unique memory compression technology directly reduces applications' "working set" memory requirements instantly and without swap file usage (new in 1.50)
• More options and customizability

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ProcTune lets you to set the priorities and used memory of system and user programs for the optimum efficiency of your system. It's enough to set the supposed time of the processor's loading with your tasks and the utilities will automatically set up the system, processors and memory optimum for your tasks. Any memory that isn't in use is automatically unloaded by the utility.

As soon as the process starts, memory swaps, recovers and the ensures the optimum efficiency to your system. In some cases the capacity of the accessible memory can increase up to twice with a help of built in memory optimizer.

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