FaH Core18 taking away 139 MB of RAM and lagging my computer

[okcnaline]

@Whaler_99: I made a posts >2 weeks ago, and the problem with the Folding program not being able to use my GPU seems fixed. What the problem seems to be Windows 10. 

 

So with that said, I reinstalled Windows 7, and now it folds using BOTH my GPU and CPU. AWESOME!!! That's two WU's being done simutaneously. And the GPU does it around 4 times faster than my CPU.

However, with that comes a new problem: my computer's stuttering using Chrome. Unusual. See my specs down below for more details. 

And the problem points to Core18, which to my understanding is the folding core for NV Maxwell cards (K620=GTX 745). It uses >139,000 KB of my RAM (~139 MB). Chrome uses that much RAM for >5 tabs, so it is very unusual. 

That can be compared to the FaH Core_a4, which utilizes cores and threads for Intel processors. That's 60 MB, where it usually is even for my older laptop, running Sandy Bridge.

 

So what could've caused the Core18 to use that much RAM?

 

Specs:
Lenovo P300 30AH004MUS

Lenovo Intel C226 Chipset 

Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3

PNY NVidia Quadro K620

1x8GB Samsung ECC RAM

1TB Seagate Hard Drive

Asus PCI-N53 Wireless adapter

 

[QueenDemetria]

@Whaler_99: I made a posts >2 weeks ago, and the problem with the Folding program not being able to use my GPU seems fixed. What the problem seems to be Windows 10. 

 

So with that said, I reinstalled Windows 7, and now it folds using BOTH my GPU and CPU. AWESOME!!! That's two WU's being done simutaneously. And the GPU does it around 4 times faster than my CPU.

However, with that comes a new problem: my computer's stuttering using Chrome. Unusual. See my specs down below for more details. 

And the problem points to Core18, which to my understanding is the folding core for NV Maxwell cards (K620=GTX 745). It uses >139,000 KB of my RAM (~139 MB). Chrome uses that much RAM for >5 tabs, so it is very unusual. 

That can be compared to the FaH Core_a4, which utilizes cores and threads for Intel processors. That's 60 MB, where it usually is even for my older laptop, running Sandy Bridge.

 

So what could've caused the Core18 to use that much RAM?

It using that much RAM doesn't seem like an issue to me, I mean your computer is processing a large amount of data. If you are using the Quadro as your display card(the one plugged into your monitor) and your computer is "choppy", then its caused from the GPU  being maxed out from F@H.

[vanished]

It using that much RAM doesn't seem like an issue to me, I mean your computer is processing a large amount of data. If you are using the Quadro as your display card(the one plugged into your monitor) and your computer is "choppy", then its caused from the GPU  being maxed out from F@H.

Yeah, that RAM usage is probably just normal for that process, and it's not that much really.  If "losing" that much is an issue for you, maybe you should adjust settings to not take so much of your machine's full potential.

As for the stutter, yeah high GPU usage will make everything feel laggy.  I've also noticed Chrome grind to a halt during periods of 100% CPU usage, even if the offending process is set to a low priority, so that could be it as well.

[Whaler_99]

Different core versions use different amounts of ram. Your usage was fine.

Also, different cores will effect other things as well. Sometimes when folding I can play World of Warships and watch a 1080p movie at the same time, no issues. At other times everything goes choppy and I have to pause folding, or not watch a movie while playing a game. So this is all normal when folding and different cores and/or projects will have slight variations on how your system is affected.

[okcnaline]

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I've taken the advice of Ryan_Vickers, and once I turned down my power to low, the Quadro miraculously stops folding when inactive, and RAM and speeds all around the computer is drastically improved. No more stutter for me! And seems like every answer here is a plausible idea of why my computer lags on certain things while others do not.

 

Thanks again for replying!