Why is My Video Game Using Too Much Memory?

[dacruick]

Hello,

I really need some help here. I am running a video game on my computer which I have been playing for quite some time. Just last night I started getting what I thought was lag. Then I realized that the program was running at 220 K when it usually runs at 80 - 90. This was making the game virtually unplayable for me.

I've checked that my video card driver is updated
I've run a virus scan
I've reinstalled the program

I don't know what the issue could be.

Any help would be much appreciated

cheers,

dacruick

 

[Mech_Engineer]

A program using 220K of RAM is bogging down your computer? What game is this, and how old is your computer?

 

[russ_watters]

Many video games use more memory the further into the game you get because levels get bigger and objects more plentiful.

 

[Xitami]

XMS, EMS memory