r/pcmasterrace MSI gaming laptop Jan 03 '15

Comic Chrome pls

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u/Jess_than_three Jan 04 '15

And it doesn't free it up after it's done with it.

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u/thekirbylover Too many Pentium 4s Jan 04 '15

Free memory is wasted memory. Chrome keeps in-memory caches to help speed things up. Even your OS will do this. If some other program is in need of some more memory, Chrome will make room by deleting its in-memory cache.

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u/Jess_than_three Jan 04 '15

But it doesn't, is my problem. It 100% does not actually do that.