Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: CL Throws up its hands...

BonzaiGopher opened this issue on Oct 08, 2002 ยท 71 posts


CyberStretch posted Tue, 08 October 2002 at 9:44 PM

Attached Link: FreeMem Pro

Most of the "memory managers", from what I understand, basically push code from the system memory (physical RAM) into the swap file (virtual memory). However, the big performance hit is when the system has to swap code from the system memory to the swap file. Many memory-intensive applications (ie, Poser) and those that do not properly free the memory upon closing, can easily cause your system to continually swap code between the physical memory and the swap file. One thing you can do to improve performance somewhat, is to limit the number of TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) type applications. Many of these, nowadays, place icons in your system tray near the clock; some show in the task list after pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. Another "performance boost" would be to use "msconfig" and uncheck stuff in the Startup tab that is unnecessary. (You can do a Google Search for "startup programs" to see many sites that list what programs may/may not be ok to stop.) I use FreeMem Pro (Ref the link) and have been for several years under W98SE without any problems.