Memory Cleaner

Memory Cleaner is a small utility designed to help you flush memory and clear timer resolution, actions that are generally believed to improve the FPS. The tool can be especially useful if you are playing first-person shooters, as improving the FPS can make a world of difference.

The application is portable, so you do not have to bother with setup and configuration, but rather simply decompress in the desired location on your drives. The program comes with a rather small interface that displays the current timer resolution along with its maximum and minimum values. As you probably hinted, toggle the Start and Stop button to force the time resolution.

You can configure a hotkey for the refresh so you do not have to find the window every time from the Settings window. At the same time, you can specify if you prefer the enable clearing of the standby list and working set, set a desired timer resolution as well as a timer polling interval.

Whether this app can help you make the most out of the processor's update or refresh rates depends greatly on your operating system. For instance, Windows 7 and newer operating systems should have a timer resolution set at 1 millisecond and can be changed to less.

However, many users point out that the action alone does not really give you too much of a boost, maybe 1 ping or 1 FPS higher. The same cannot be said about Windows XP where the default timer resolution is at 15 milliseconds, so the boost in this case may be noticeable.

In the eventuality that you are playing first-person shooters on a regular basis and feel like your processor can help you make the most of your game time, then perhaps you can consider giving Memory Cleaner a try.