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Application Memory Priority?
Application Memory Priority?
I have an application that I use periodically throughout the day. It is very slow to respond, but once it's up and running, it's usually snappy.
I'm wondering if there's a way to have the application "always in RAM," or if there's anything else I can do to increase its responsiveness, short of buying more memory.
I'm wondering if there's a way to have the application "always in RAM," or if there's anything else I can do to increase its responsiveness, short of buying more memory.
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Re: Application Memory Priority?
Without exact specifications of your hardware and Operating System it's hard to advise anything.
If the laptop doesn't have the RAM maxed out (e.g. you have 512MB and it can have 2GB), then buying additional RAM is the first order, RAM is cheap.
If the laptop doesn't have the RAM maxed out (e.g. you have 512MB and it can have 2GB), then buying additional RAM is the first order, RAM is cheap.
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Re: Application Memory Priority?
Would also help to know what application. Like Firefox has MANY "fixes" to make it more responsive (my firefox 3.6 stays open, with about 40 tabs on average, 20 odd plugins, and 700MB memory in it's private bytes... sans tweaks it gets ALL laggy, with tweaks it is very peppy )
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(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
Re: Application Memory Priority?
It's a T60 with 1GB of RAM and a 1.8 ghz T2400 processor, running Windows XP.Without exact specifications of your hardware and Operating System it's hard to advise anything.
I was planning to add RAM, but the PC recently started locking up. I'll have to buy a new computer if that keeps happening, so I'm putting off upgrading until I figure out why it was freezingbuying additional RAM is the first order, RAM is cheap
It happens with a most applications I run once and restore frequently. I figured if there was a way to make smaller applications "stay in physical memory" or something like that, restoring them might be quicker. What tweaks do you use for Firefox?Would also help to know what application.
Re: Application Memory Priority?
Addons -What tweaks do you use for Firefox?
Vacuum Places Improved: defrags places.sqlite, helps when i rarely reboot my machine or close firefox
Bar Tab 2.0: Unloads pages from memory when tab hasn't been active (configurable, i set to 1 hour)
AdBlock & NoScript: memory isn't used for what isn't displayed/used
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Just about any tweak i have ever read about on the web for improving performance, sorry i don't have a list, it is backed up with my profile and restored on new installs.
Most if i remember correctly came from ubuntugeek... http://www.ubuntugeek.com/speed-up-fire ... owser.html (at least im pretty sure that's why i bookmarked it )
I've also moved my profile to a NAS server, edit the profiles.ini to point to it on ALL machines, and use one profile between them all (one at a time of course, i use a generic profile for dual use)
(2)701C,(1)760EL,(6)760XL,(1)760XD
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
(4)CD Drives (5)int floppies (3)ext floppy (4)2.1GB
(10)CF/IDE w/2 or 4GB 133x CF (1)760XL restore CD
(1)Belkin USB 2.0 32bit Cardbus (2)WPC54G(S) Wifi Cardbus
(1)Belkin F5D5020 NIC (1)Giga-Byte GN-WLM01 Wifi
(1)Backpack CD (1) Xircom REM56G-10 + misc
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