Disabling Superfetch Is Not Working...

Hi guys, I've been doing some research and learning about Superfetch and what it does. I understand the philosophy behind it...such as..."unused Ram is wasted Ram," etc, etc. Personally, I have to say I disagree with that Philosophy for various reasons.

When I use my PC for a while and have multiple programs open over time. I find that my "Free Ram" is quickly dropped down to 700 - 800mb or less. This causes issues while browsing the web. If my Ram is that low, I can't open that many multiple browser tabs. Not to mention have multiple programs open at the same time.

I mean...what's the point in having Multiple Core Processors if you can't even have the benefit of using them? The single biggest argument I've seen so far is that Windows 7 frees up Ram as you need it. So, it creates yet another process to lag the computer even further? Bad Philosophy.

Another reason that's a bad philosophy is because of Video Editors as well as Gamers. Those of you who are in the fields of heavy gaming such as Minecraft and Skyrim...know what I'm talking about. This lack of free Ram..plus more processes firing off because Windows is trying to free up the Ram...makes for a bad gaming experience...perhaps no gaming experience at all.

For this very reason...I've come to my issue. I've tried everything I could find on the subject of disabling Superfetch...Prefetch...etc, etc...yet it's still not working. When ever I restart my PC...is the only time that my Ram seems to free up and go back to Normal. I do not want to Restart my PC every time in order to play a game or just to free up Ram.

I've set the Regedit of both Superfetch and Prefetch to 0, then went back and changed them to 2 so it will only cache start up files. Each time, I've rebooted my PC. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? Perhaps there is a better Operating System out there that I can use to play Minecraft on etc, etc? I'm open to suggestions.

OS - Windows 7 - 64-bit Ultimate
Graphics - NVIDIA - GeForce - GTX 260 - 768mb
Ram - 4gig - DDR - 800mhz
Motherboard - ASUS - A8N SLI - Premium
Harddrive - 300 gig - Maxtor
Processor - AMD Athlon X2 - Dual Core - 3800+ - 2.01ghz

Hi Thrashzone and Gator...

Yes, I've considered upgrading my system and actually plan on doing that as time and money allows. At the moment...I'm a bit low on resources. I also want to get a laptop to travel with eventually. So, Superfetch will certainly be a problem if I'm to travel and create video content.

@laybackbear - I have a 64 bit operating system.

And yes...I'm aware that depends on the laptop I end up buying. However, starting off...I will not have thousands to shell into a high end gaming laptop.

(edit) - Also...before I installed Windows 7...I had Windows XP and had no problem jumping back and forth...playing Minecraft or opening multiple browser tabs.

@Layback Bear...please read it again. In my post...I state I'm using a 64-bit OS. Not 32-bit.

(edit) Also, I understand what you're saying about older equipment. I have had this PC for quite some time and with XP, used to be able to record Minecraft. Nowadays...I can hardly do that with Windows 7 running. Perhaps I should just go back to Windows XP, but I assume I'd still have to get XP 64-bit version to run the 4 Gig of Ram. Then again...I run the risk of my Video Card not being compatible.