Scenery and RAM

[washburn_it]

I downloaded the Canary Scenery "La Palma 2005" with the fix update...the installation went good then I tried the scenery flying with the Beech. Baron 58 (Turbocharged version) and after about 10 minutes while flying around I experienced a fall of the RAM from about 600 MB free to 8 MB !!!
How is it possible that a scenery "eats" all that amount of memory??
Checking in the Task Manager FS9.exe got about 60 MB but where was the other 500 MB hidden??
I had the confirm that was due to FS when I closed it and and RAM grown up to about 600 MB free.
The only other running tasks were Norton Antivirus, Outpost (firewall) and system services (Windows XP PRO).
Is there something to do to limit the amount of RAM that a scenery can get? Or something to fix it?
Thank you, best regards.

Bob

[jrpilot]

I know windows sucks down alot of RAM but i doj't think it is that much, I think there is something wrong, not sure since I don't really understand cmputers

[Scottler]

RAM is your computers short term memory.  It can be cleared out by rebooting your computer.  Also make sure that you don't have a lot of other apps running in the background.  Check out FSAutoStart.  It helps tremendously.   What are your system specs?  

[washburn_it]

Specs are the following:

P4 2800 Mhz (FSB 533)
MB Asus P4P800-SE ( i848 )
768 MB RAM (PC2700)
Hitachi 80 GB SATA II
Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO Adv. 128 MB DDR
SB Creative Live!

I never had problem related to the amount of RAM so far...actually never had any problem at all so far...that was the first time it happened so I thought the cause could have been the new scenery I installed.
As I wrote formerly the only running tasks are Norton Antivirus and the Outpost Firewall since I have a broadcast connection always-on (I always fly with real weather conditions)

[Scottler]

Your specs seem alright.  It COULD be the new scenery...I would think it would have to be a monster scenery to have that sort of effect, but stranger things have happened.  lol  Is it only in the area of that scenery that you have a problem?

[washburn_it]

Actually I didn't try yet...I will check that tonight but I think it's just that scenery anyway.
Yes it sounds weird that a scenery (just a small island !!) could put my PC on its knee !!
Greetings

Bob

[Jared]

I downloaded and installed it and my flight sim wouldn't run....

[Gary R.]

Scenery can do that.  Here in my own area (Central PA) I have no problem maintaining 26-35 FPS with everything sort of medium set.  And I have regional terrain mesh installed also.  But, if I fly out to Reading KRDG I drop down to the low 20's and high teens once I'm within about 10 miles.  Reason is because I have the freeware Reading area scenery by MAAM installed and it's extremely correct, I know because I've been there for real many times and looks the same in the sim.