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Steam memory usage goes up to 123 300
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Posted by tnkqwe on Thu Jun 11th at 7:12pm 2009

Can somebody explain me why does this happen? smiley
But I'm just curious to know.I'm still a HL1 mapper.


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Posted by omegaslayer on Wed Jun 17th at 4:48am 2009

123 300 what? And where are you getting this information?



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Posted by tnkqwe on Wed Jun 17th at 1:00pm 2009

From Windows Task Manager.So I launched Hammer again and the WTM procces tap shows me this:
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Image name....Username........Mem Usage
Hammer........[my username]...173 060
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Posted by Natus on Wed Jun 17th at 1:16pm 2009

My god, programs use memory?
STOP THE PRESS. smiley



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Posted by Le Chief on Thu Jun 18th at 9:58am 2009

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Don't worry tnkqwe, this is normal.

Programs use memory(ram) to temporarily store information, imagine working on a complicated mathematical equation, memory would be like the scrap piece of paper we do our working out on.

How much memory programs use is dependent of a few factors including the program itself and everything it needs to load (how big the map file is, models, textures etc), how long the program has been running and how much available memory you have. If there is alot of available memory than programs will use up more so that they run faster.

You can expect Hammer to use alot of memory because it's a 3D application like a game and it caches alot of data such as models and textures. Caching is basically loading the files onto the ram so it can be retrieved faster, loading files from the hard drive is alot slower.

If your concerned about your memory usage you can increase your page file size which is basically ram using your hard drive (page file reserves space on your hard drive to use as ram in case the actual ram runs out). However page file is slow because it uses your hard drive which is much slower than ram.



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