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Anonymous
2022-04-11T12:40:54+00:00

So I've always wanted a Ram Manager in Windows. So you can manage which processes use the physical ram which use the pagefile ram and which use the readyboost ram. I think this would be a gamers dream and every advanced users dream

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  1. btbt 11,826 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-12T00:07:00+00:00

    You are not smarter than an operating system's memory manager. You won't know if a process suddenly has a memory leak, and the page file cushions the leak. If you try to manually handle processes, but you're off playing a game, your computer is just gonna crash because it has to wait for human intervention.

    The most a process can do is suggest to the operating system to keep its functions in physical memory. For example, in VMware VMs, this feature is called memory overcommit. But, the operating system is king. If the OS itself needs the memory, it WILL kick things to the page file is needed.

    The fix you need is simple: Get more RAM.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T20:44:11+00:00

    It would work out better to just buy more ram. It sounds like you're overusing the amount you have. You can only fit so much water in a pipe before you need a bigger one, another one, or lower the usage. Cheating it by using the other leaky pipe causes other issues like loss of water or in this case loss of performance, etc.

    Buy the ram you need for eg one VM + host OS use if you're going to use VM to the extent you are. 32GB would be good at 16 each.

    You would probably have a better time without the ram by installing each OS as separate instead of in VM. You'd have to reboot though but 12GB would be just fine then and everything would work better.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T19:31:03+00:00

    If you read all that I provided you will see that the computer decides that. I also provided an image showing what can be seen using Task Manager. You can find out more about how this works by doing a search.

    If you are having problems, I suggest you install more RAM if you can. My new desktop has 64 GB, and my laptop has 32 GB of RAM.

    ReadyBoost RAM

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T19:14:21+00:00

    I mean like you can manage which processes use the pagefile or physical ram

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-11T12:51:58+00:00

    It's already there!

    RAM (Random Access Memory) Definition (techterms.com)

    What Is Virtual Memory and How Does It Work? | Indeed.com

    How To Manage Virtual Memory (Pagefile) In Windows 10 | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

    In Task Manager hover your mouse pointer over an area to see if and how it is used? See example image below. Click on, tap, or activate image to enlarge it.

    Image

    virtual memory windows 11 - Search (bing.com)

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