How can I wipe the RAM cache?

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AverageHuman

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I DO NOT CARE if you say it's bad, or it hurts performance or any of that crap :mad:. I just want to know how to do it, I need that RAM that it takes up. Like I said I don't care if it hurts performance or has no benefits. Task manager says I have 2.2 gigs of RAM available right now, but a lot of it is cache.
On the memory composition bar, it says I barely have any RAM that is just normal, free RAM. And I have a game that is a RAM hog, so I need ALL of the RAM I can get!
 
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Why would you rather it be empty than preallocated with data you're already using?

Cached memory is the first data to be dropped when the system requires more RAM.

Prehistoric operating systems left free space as open, but there are performance advantages to caching data into faster, unused RAM than slower other methods of storage.
 
The OS intelligently handles RAM. Unused RAM is wasted RAM, it makes the most use out of available RAM when you aren't doing anything that memory intensive, however if you go to play a game it will purge unneeded files out of RAM to make room for the game.

What operating system are you using?
 
AverageHuman said:
I DO NOT CARE if you say it's bad, or it hurts performance or any of that crap :mad:. I just want to know how to do it, I need that RAM that it takes up. Like I said I don't care if it hurts performance or has no benefits. Task manager says I have 2.2 gigs of RAM available right now, but a lot of it is cache.
On the memory composition bar, it says I barely have any RAM that is just normal, free RAM. And I have a game that is a RAM hog, so I need ALL of the RAM I can get!
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Do you have a lot of background applications running? A simple computer restart will clear the RAM.

I don't have experience with Game Booster, but many on my Flight Sim forum use it. http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.php
 
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