The RAM cleaner sold as a booster
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The pattern
A widget shows your RAM "filling up" and a button to "free" it for more FPS. It force-empties memory Windows was using as a smart cache — so the system has to reload it moments later, often making things slightly worse.
The tell
It treats used RAM as a problem, but free RAM isn't doing you any good — memory exists to be used, and Windows already manages it.
The honest version
An honest tool leaves memory management to Windows and only flags RAM when you're genuinely running out, which shows up as real stutter, not a scary-looking bar.
The Compy Blackbook holds 174 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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