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So, I was trying to squeeze out some extra frames in a game the other day, and I stumbled onto this tip online saying I could boost performance if I manually entered my exact RAM capacity into some .cfg file. In my case, that would be 3.75 GB out of the 4 total—since the rest is just reserved for the OS. But when I tried it... man, it backfired big time. Now the system is telling me I can only use 2.21 GB of everything I've got. I started digging around, went into System Configuration > Boot > Advanced Options, checked "Maximum memory," and typed in 4096. Nothing. Absolutely nothing changed. As soon as I reboot, the value just resets itself to zero. And get this—if I uncheck the box entirely, it gets even worse; it acts like I only have 256 MB to work with. I've been scouring the web for answers, but nobody is giving me anything concrete. Memory Diagnostics runs perfectly fine without any errors, and when I perform a clean boot, the RAM shows up normally at 3.75 GB. This forum is really my last resort before I just wipe everything and reinstall Windows from scratch. I've tried disabling every single service one by one, and no individual program is hogging that much memory... I honestly don't know what else to try... 🙂

Specs:
HP Probook 4545
Windows 7 Ultimate, build 7601 64-bit
4 GB RAM
AMD A-4300M APU 2.50 GHz with integrated Radeon HD 7420 g
Secondary GPU is Radeon 7650
750 GB HDD

A system restore?
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Zero points. Same old story...

I mean, you probably aren't going to see much of a boost in your framerate just by tweaking a few Windows settings... if you're running low on RAM, your best bet is really just to upgrade it. Which game are you trying to run, if you don't mind me asking? It might be that while the system requirements say 4GB of RAM is enough, your processor or integrated graphics are actually the bottleneck—meaning they might just be a bit too weak for the task at hand.

Larry Ortiz5 said:I mean, you probably aren't going to see much of a boost in your framerate just by tweaking a few Windows settings... if you're running low on RAM, your best bet is really just to upgrade it. Which game are you trying to run, if you don't mind me asking? It might be that while the system requirements say 4GB of RAM is enough, your processor or integrated graphics are actually the bottleneck—meaning they might just be a bit too weak for the task at hand.

Look, that’s not the issue. I'm not such an idiot that I don't get how that works. The game has nothing to do with it because the file I was trying to edit was just a standard .cfg—I can change whatever I want in there, and the computer would still run fine, unless I actually screwed something up. We're talking about Call of Duty: Black Ops, which came out back in 2010... with my mid-range laptop, it should at least hit minimum settings. After playing, I realized the real issue is my RAM. I know the processor is a struggle since it's pretty weak compared to an Intel Core i3, but mind your own business when it comes to that. As for the graphics, the integrated one is set up for basic daily tasks, while the dedicated card is factory overclocked to 2GB—around 1200MHz if I remember right—specifically for gaming, and those preferences can be adjusted in the Catalyst Control Center. My actual problem is that something in Windows is eating up 1.8GB of my memory and I have no clue what it is. For everything else, I'm totally happy with the gaming performance; for example, Crysis 2 runs on max settings and Battlefield 3 runs on medium, but that's only as long as I have all the RAM I'm supposed to have...

Integrated graphics consume system memory, depending on your settings... which means you can't just expect to have 4GB left over.
If you're talking about per-frame processing... lowering the priority of background software might help, though it won't affect games.
But it isn't a silver bullet. It might be useful if you simply close every unnecessary application before gaming to keep only the essentials running.
Good luck.