My memory keeps dropping in task manager playing wow?

[digitalraven]

I had an error last night playing wow for low memory. Im running 6gb of ram though and my page file is set for 6gb. Its auto managed by windows also. while running wow im looking at task manager and my usage from memory keeps going up..steadily climbing. It shows i have in task manager:

physical memory

total- 6135
cached-1654
Available-3992
Free- 2357 (this number is getting closer and closer to 0 every hour)

Kernal Mem
Paged - 244
Non paged - 100

I only have wow running in the backround..so this is really agravating me because i think it will happen again and im not sure if my page file is set up wrong or not..

any ideas please? does wow require a page file to be set? Im running wow on a crucial M4 SSD with 0309 fw.

Running corsair dominator 2000mhz and i did a memcheck and all was fine.

 

[nukemaster]

The "Free" memory goes down as the "cached" goes up.

This is normal and is windows pre caching files you use into ram so they load faster when needed.

The memory is still "Available" and will be released as soon as anything needs it.

It will have no negative effect on performance.

 

[digitalraven]

ok thanks, wondering why wow is causing low mem issues then?

 

[palladin9479]

It's superfetch caching your temporarily internet files.

Since your running Windows 7 your ok, it' won't run it to 0 and their will be enough scratch memory for immediate needs.

 

[nukemaster]

That i am not sure, to be honest, i have not played WoW, but that available should be the one to keep an eye on.

How much does WoW take on its own?

 

[digitalraven]

i have superfetch disabled following a guide for max SSD performance. Wow is using 715,180kb. if my free goes to 0, i wont get a low mem issue?

 

[nukemaster]

very strange, I have had systems at 0 for days on end without issues.

 

[thor220]

You can also get a program to clean memmory up. Tuneup Utilities is great but you have to buy it. A good free program is CleanMem.

 

[digitalraven]

thanks i will try it😉