Do I have a memory hole if so how to fix?

[1823alex]

Recently I noticed that my PC has been using about 7 of my 8 gigs of ram when I game which introduces LONG load times, and lag spikes sometimes. I was thinking of getting another 8 gigs and get 16 gigs of ram but I feel like there might be a way to fix this. I don't know much about memory holes though so I really need some help here, because in Task Manager it doesn't seem possible that I can be using 7 gigs of ram based on adding it up. It also seems like it's fine at startup only using 2 gis maybe 3 of ram but it slowly accumulates up to this point at 7 gigs and no more being used.

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Is there anything that looks out of the ordinary?

[RelentlessAF]

Playing a game should only take about 3-4GB of RAM so something else is causing all the RAM usage.

[1823alex]

Playing a game should only take about 3-4GB of RAM so something else is causing all the RAM usage.

That's what I figured I mainly play World of Tanks and that tanks about 1-2 gigs but something else seems to be the issue like you said.

[tp95112]

Chrome is the issue

[mansoor_]

the game you are running is about 1gb, chrome about 2 so yeah i think it is not out of the ordinary. so the rest of your system is using about 4gb. 

I personally wouldn't run most of those background app but that is a personal choice as to whether you think it offers a noticeable benefit.

[Sharif]

I guess the game is ram hungry and also chrome 

[1823alex]

the game you are running is about 1gb, chrome about 2 so yeah i think it is not out of the ordinary. so the rest of your system is using about 4gb. 

I personally wouldn't run most of those background app but that is a personal choice as to whether you think it offers a noticeable benefit.

The only programs I have running usually is Skype, TeamSpeak3, Chrome.

I might try to stop using Chrome for awhile and use FireFox again.

[TheRetiredSlave]

I had a similar issue with Chrome.

As I was browsing my RAM usage would keep going up and up, and it wouldn't go down when I closed Chrome. After an hour or so, I'd have all 8 GB of RAM full and games were impossible to run..

 

 

Switching to firefox fixed the issue.

[1823alex]

I had a similar issue with Chrome.

As I was browsing my RAM usage would keep going up and up, and it wouldn't go down when I closed Chrome. After an hour or so, I'd have all 8 GB of RAM full and games were impossible to run..

 

 

Switching to firefox fixed the issue.

You guys might be right, I'm going to switch back to firefox. Definately Chrome, switched to firefox closed Chrome comepletely and closed World of Tanks now running steady at 3 - 4 gigs.

[RelentlessAF]

The only programs I have running usually is Skype, TeamSpeak3, Chrome.

I might try to stop using Chrome for awhile and use FireFox again.

Skype is also pretty RAM heavy being that it's mainly a video calling platform.

[cesrai]

Skype is also pretty RAM heavy being that it's mainly a video calling platform.

really how many MiB does it use I only get to 70 MiB max normaly ~50 MiB

[RelentlessAF]

really how many MiB does it use I only get to 70 MiB max normaly ~50 MiB

In my experience it used about 1GB then again I stopped using it due to it not being the best option for VOIP with friends. We all switched to Razer Comms.

[cesrai]

In my experience it used about 1GB then again I stopped using it due to it not being the best option for VOIP with friends. We all switched to Razer Comms.

what how is that even possible but I am using the windows store version

[RelentlessAF]

what how is that even possible but I am using the windows store version

I used the independent client on windows 7 that you downloaded from the website. I am assuming you have Windows 8 then?

[cesrai]

I used the independent client on windows 7 that you downloaded from the website. I am assuming you have Windows 8 then?

yes I do and also what compiler do you recommend for C I currently use code blocks

[RelentlessAF]

yes I do and also what compiler do you recommend for C I currently use code blocks

I dunno I haven't programmed in C before.

[cesrai]

I dunno I haven't programmed in C before.

Will give me the name of the compiler you are using now and I think you programmed in C++

[RelentlessAF]

Will give me the name of the compiler you are using now and I think you programmed in C++

I haven't personally programmed it I've just learned a few things about it. I've only programmed in C#(which I use Visual Studio for) Javascript(Which I use Unity 3D for) and html(Which I just mess around on websites with).

[cesrai]

I haven't personally programmed it I've just learned a few things about it. I've only programmed in C#(which I use Visual Studio for) Javascript(Which I use Unity 3D for) and html(Which I just mess around on websites with).

I really like HTML I use web inspector in Firefox I was able to retrieve password from routers by just changing the type of the text.