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Over 1GB of used RAM after a fresh install


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40 minutes ago, ferrell said:

Good morning, guys! I just reinstalled Launchbox after some time without using it and noticed this:

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Is this kind of memory use without any game normal? I don't have any plugins or themes installed btw.

Yes, that is perfectly normal. Images are loaded into ram so that they do not need to be retrieved from a slow mechanical drive every time a new image is needed.

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But I have no image loaded. When I talk about a fresh install, I really mean it.

I haven't imported any game yet to Launchbox. If now, it's using this kind of memory, when it actually starts to cache images, it will be even bigger, don't you agree?

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13 minutes ago, ferrell said:

But I have no image loaded. When I talk about a fresh install, I really mean it.

I haven't imported any game yet to Launchbox. If now, it's using this kind of memory, when it actually starts to cache images, it will be even bigger, don't you agree?

I have over 13,000 games in my setup and the ram usage is still around 1.5GB.

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18 minutes ago, ferrell said:

But I have no image loaded. When I talk about a fresh install, I really mean it.

I am not a developer and certainly not a LaunchBox developer. But it is my understanding that Task Manager (and similar programs) not necessarily report the memory used, but the memory reserved by a program. I don't know how much memory a fresh install of LaunchBox woud need at minimum. But in all reasonability LaunchBox can assume you are going to  add games. And for a smooth experience LaunchBox needs to cache files. I would not worry about the memory usage of a fresh install of LaunchBox. When I open LaunchBox with almost 900 games Task Manager reports 1.4 GB but drops down to 1 GB after a few minutes. In my opinion, more than 8 GB of ram in computers has been the norm for years now. You cant expert the development of software being held back by outdated configurations.

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