Scan & Fix 50 registry issues FREECNET Editors' review
Computers once had such small memories that Windows couldn't remember where it put its keys without registering them (it still can't, actually), but today's PCs have so much random access memory (RAM) that Windows can do much more than walk and chew gum at the same time, computationally speaking. Plenty of PCs still come up short in the RAM department, though, including a lot of older machines struggling to keep up with today's bloated Web sites and high-quality multimedia. For those PCs, the answer is the same today as it was way back then: a tool that monitors your system's memory and frees it up when it drops below a certain point. PGWARE's SuperRam is an up-to-date shareware release of this venerable class of utility. It runs in the background and frees up memory resources on demand. It's free to try for 30 days and costs just under $15; it's not expensive, certainly, but whether it's worth the cost depends on your system.
SuperRam's colorful, dialog-style interface is fairly typical of shareware system utilities in their varieties, with a large pie graph depicting RAM use, controls to access settings and run the benchmarking test, and some links, but little else. SuperRam is designed to run in the background. We started by opening the Settings to view the program's options. SuperRam's Memory Performance Settings involve two sliders, Memory to maintain and Memory to free. Changing a slider changed the memory values in the detailed explanation of what SuperRam does -- a nice touch. The Advanced Settings let us refine the percentage of memory to be freed, as well as the interval and similar options, and we could also change the background and graph colors. Clicking Help opened a complete Help file. However, SuperRam proved easy to use without it.
On a scale of one to 10, SuperRam benchmarked our test system's 8 GB RAM's performance at 10, so we saw little benefit from running it (and more from not running it, actually). But it's definitely worth a look if your PC's memory is failing: It's free to try, and way cheaper than a new PC.
Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of SuperRam 6.4.8.2013.
Publisher's Description
From PGWARE:
SuperRam increases computer performance by freeing wasted memory back to your computer. By optimizing memory utilization your computer will operate at stable speeds and never run out of memory. SuperRam constantly runs in the background on your computer and determines when the memory on your computer is getting to a low threshold. Once it reaches this threshold it immediately frees memory back to the computer and makes programs run faster since they have access to physical memory.
What's new in this version: Version 6.5.20.2013 has added new language and locale detection, splitting files across disks and changed compression within the installer.
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"I don't think It's Worth Using . iT'S more than u think"
Version: SuperRam 6.1.1.2013
Pros
no improvement in my comp
Cons
it makes my comp go slower, not worth it.test yourself.
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"easy for novice to use"
Version: SuperRam 6.5.2.2011
Pros
will do its thing unaided
Cons
user can choose what to switch off...novice hell
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"sits quietly on desktop in the background useful & easy"
Version: SuperRam 6.3.14.2011
Pros
quick easy access to physical state of your computer's memory
Cons
some tasks require manual operation
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"Best Ram Defrag available!"
Version: SuperRam 6.1.18.2010
Pros
This Ram Defrag program is the best! I've been able to recover & release more than 1GB of Ram which is outstanding!
Cons
None at all
Summary
SuperRam allows you take control of your computer's memory, how physical memory is allocated and help determine the performance of your computer system. Windows routinely allocates memory to applications, games and system processes; over time the memory becomes completely used handling all of these tasks.
With SuperRam, memory management is tuned to maintain computer stability but a greater emphasis is placed on computer performance. Once installed SuperRam begins to monitor the total amount of memory your computer has installed, it also monitors when your computer reaches a threshold of memory to maintain, when that threshold is reached SuperRam immediately will release all memory that it determines can be released on the computer system back to Windows.
When SuperRam is installed any new application, program or game that is opened will use physical memory installed on the computer and placing applications that you opened previously to use virtual memory. This allows software to run with an emphasis on performance when performance is needed; such as when playing games, editing photos/videos, using processor and memory intensive applications. -
"Ok..not a bad software"
Version: SuperRam 6.6.29.2009
Pros
Free to try
Cons
not a full version here.
Summary
Guys just go to http://filefreak.info and get any Full Version software you want for FREE..I want this SuperRam in http://filefreak.info :D
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"NOT WORTH TIME NEEDED TO DOWNLOAD"
Version: SuperRam 6.5.25.2009
Pros
it does free up memory
Cons
slows computer-tried several settings-got same results-made no different in speed of memory or computer.
Summary
not worth the price-I have programs to free up memory they don't slow my computer down. My guess-only works if you buy it, no chance of that. If you have to pay for a program to get it to work, it's not worth the price. That's what the free trail is for, to see if it works.
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"There are Much better programs out than yjis one"
Version: SuperRam 6.5.25.2009
Pros
didnt care for it
Cons
Pricey not worth the trouble
Summary
if You want to View You're Cpu Or Memory speed get CPUID other wise leave the pro programs tto the techs that understand the Dynamics better
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Version: SuperRam 6.2.23.2009
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"Helps a little on older computers"
Version: SuperRam 5.9.3.2007
Pros
All your apps work pretty well on pc's with 512 MB of memory or less. I have a test pc like that, which I never upgraded, and all five of your products that I have tried helped performance quite a bit,(GameGain, PcBoost, PcMedik, SuperRam, and Throttle). I have a higher end pc with two gigs of memory, and your products did nothing that I could notice, however. Why not combine all your products into one super application, raise the price, and I think you would have a product with a force to be reckened with. I like your free trial, and I am happy they work with Vista.
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"5 stars"
Version: SuperRam 5.7.30
