Did a clean uninstall and install of 6.1.8.4 (offline, hashes matched). As it was downloading the RAM spiked to 91%. Checked perfmon and nothing unusual there. I cleared the standby ram (ram temporarily set aside) and the RAM usage dropped drastically. Left SF going and within about 5 minutes the RAM shot up to 89%. Cleared the standby and things went back to normal. Reverted to 6.1.8.3 and ran as expected, no RAMstipation. Switched back to 6.1.8.4 and the same happened again. Cleared the standby and within minutes it was back up again. It can't be seen in perfmon as a process. It's part of the system, a little like a cache and AFAIK you can't turn it off.
You may have never noticed it. Next time you do a clean boot make note of your RAM usage. Fire up a bunch of programs and use them. Then exit all. RAM usage will be higher than it was before you started but entries expire over time so it will shrink back.
Anyone else seeing this? I can try to get logs but today is shot and tomorrow I go fishing so maybe Saturday.
I use an old utility that you can't find any more from a member of SysInternals, wj32, called EmptyStandbyList that specifically clears the standby RAM usually when I plan to fire up my DAW. It is command line but I run it in a batch file with a shortcut in my start menu. They also have a newer more robust utility called RAMMap but the command line EXE is quick and easy. Bam, done.
You may have never noticed it. Next time you do a clean boot make note of your RAM usage. Fire up a bunch of programs and use them. Then exit all. RAM usage will be higher than it was before you started but entries expire over time so it will shrink back.
Anyone else seeing this? I can try to get logs but today is shot and tomorrow I go fishing so maybe Saturday.
I use an old utility that you can't find any more from a member of SysInternals, wj32, called EmptyStandbyList that specifically clears the standby RAM usually when I plan to fire up my DAW. It is command line but I run it in a batch file with a shortcut in my start menu. They also have a newer more robust utility called RAMMap but the command line EXE is quick and easy. Bam, done.
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