ferrell Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Good morning, guys! I just reinstalled Launchbox after some time without using it and noticed this: Is this kind of memory use without any game normal? I don't have any plugins or themes installed btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 40 minutes ago, ferrell said: Good morning, guys! I just reinstalled Launchbox after some time without using it and noticed this: 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrell Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) 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? Edited June 4, 2021 by ferrell Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Friendly A.I Overlord Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 It will not climb much as you add games. Here are images of a fresh install versus one with 30K games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrell Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Thanks for all the info and help, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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