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Memory not releasing
This is a problem I have been having, and keeping a close eye on and I do not believe it is the programs fault, but something with the setup of windows 7 64bit. My computer that I am experiencing the problems on has 12gb DDR3 1600mhz ram, and an i920 processor, and GTX 275 SLI. The other two computers I have, is a deskstop with windows vista 32 bit, 4gb ram, quad core. As well as a laptop on windows 7 64 bit with 4gb ram, and a duo processor, both with only one video card and much slower.
I use all the same programs on all 3 computers. Keep in mind the desktop I am having problems with and my laptop are both windows 7 64 bit. Eventually my desktop will hang around 11gb of ram in use, and soon start asking me to close things to free some up and then force close some itself. Right now with what is running I should have about 3gb in use, but I have 10.5gb in use.
Programs that seem to do it are games, though usually not as fast. Bittorrent, Virus Scans (while scanning), and other programs that process a lot of files. Really all programs contribute it seems, just the ones that scan or handle a large amount of files more so. I use these programs on the other computers without restarting for days, or even over a week and have no issues. This one has 3x more ram and I have to restart it before a full days use.
I have searched a lot of memory topics, all stating that it is the bad software programmers, and not windows 7's fault. To me it seems like windows 7 is just not handling the large amount of memory correctly on this PC. Any help or explanation would be appreciated. Thanks!