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Hi, 

so task manager shows that 5 GB of my ram is cached, and i only have 1 gb free. When i play a game, the 'free' ram goes down to 20Mb.

 

Is this normal?

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Hi, 

so task manager shows that 5 GB of my ram is cached, and i only have 1 gb free. When i play a game, the 'free' ram goes down to 20Mb.

 

Is this normal?

 

We're talking about paging files on your HDD/SSD here.

 

Don't worry about it, it's a virtual RAM (of course MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH slower than real RAM) stored on your hard drive. You could disable it if you felt confident about your RAM amount (like, if you had 16-32GB of RAM and decided to free HDD space). But don't worry about it.

So... If Jesus had the gold, would he buy himself out instead of waiting 3 days for the respawn?

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We're talking about paging files on your HDD/SSD here.

 

Don't worry about it, it's a virtual RAM (of course MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH slower than real RAM) stored on your hard drive. You could disable it if you felt confident about your RAM amount (like, if you had 16-32GB of RAM and decided to free HDD space). But don't worry about it.

wait, so the Cached catagory is space on my HDD?

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wait, so the Cached catagory is space on my HDD?

 

Yes, when you hit RAM limit Windows is writing files on your HDD adopting the dedicated space as virtual RAM (also it is caching stuff there from time to time). Slowing the performance of your system if it has to happen, hovewer... Disabling this is possible but if an application does NOT fit into your physical RAM and you have no virtual RAM that Windows could address as last-resort, you're gonna crash like Titanic.

So... If Jesus had the gold, would he buy himself out instead of waiting 3 days for the respawn?

CPU: Phenom II x6 1045t ][ GPU: GeForce 9600GT 512mb DDR3 ][ Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ][ RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1333MHz CL9 DDR3 ][ HDD: Western Digital Green 2TB ][ PSU: Chieftec 500AB A ][ Case: No-name without airflow or dust filters Budget saved for an upgrade so far: 2400PLN (600€) - Initial 2800PLN (700€) - Upgraded already: CPU

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Yes, when you hit RAM limit Windows is writing files on your HDD adopting the dedicated space as virtual RAM (also it is caching stuff there from time to time). Slowing the performance of your system if it has to happen, hovewer... Disabling this is possible but if an application does NOT fit into your physical RAM and you have no virtual RAM that Windows could address as last-resort, you're gonna crash like Titanic.

ok, and on a side note, dat 9600 gt :P

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ok, and on a side note, dat 9600 gt :P

 

Thanks, I like it too. Still plays everything but DX11 games on low at least.

So... If Jesus had the gold, would he buy himself out instead of waiting 3 days for the respawn?

CPU: Phenom II x6 1045t ][ GPU: GeForce 9600GT 512mb DDR3 ][ Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ][ RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1333MHz CL9 DDR3 ][ HDD: Western Digital Green 2TB ][ PSU: Chieftec 500AB A ][ Case: No-name without airflow or dust filters Budget saved for an upgrade so far: 2400PLN (600€) - Initial 2800PLN (700€) - Upgraded already: CPU

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