# Could use some recommendations on memory utilities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 5, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784 "2003-01-05T16:30:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784/1 "2003-01-05T16:30:07Z")

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Cacheman? FreeRAMXP Pro? RAM Idle? Any suggestions? Im running win xp on a 2.4mghz processor with 512mgs of RAM and play graphics intensive games. thanks

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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784/2 "2003-01-05T16:44:34Z")

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ahh yes, and would you also mind recommending a good backup program. I use a cdrw. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![EasyPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@EasyPhil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EasyPhil)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784/3 "2003-01-05T16:49:58Z")

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You may want to get a better graphics card or a card with a larger amount of ram as opposed to a memory utility. The memory utility may or may not add a performance boosts the graphics intensive games due to their memory use profile. One thing you could try is the use of a RAM disk, yes a RAM disk to hold data files used by the games, that would boost performance.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784/4 "2003-01-06T05:08:51Z")

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What OS?  
Also, I’m assuming you mean 2.4 GHz.  
Are you having a memory issue, or did you just see one too many of those damn pop-up ads?

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**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-recommendations-on-memory-utilities/146784/5 "2003-01-06T17:39:48Z")

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Stay as far away from the memory utilites as possible. In fact, it may even be cheaper to simply get more RAM rather than buy a memory manager anyway. They really aren’t necessary in Windows and in my personal experience only cause trouble.