mensa

Hi, why take ATI drivers take so much memory (RAM)? I have installed a new Windows XP and after installing the ATI drivers there are nearly 50 MB more RAM in use after the reboot then before. Also when I only install the .inf file for the ATI graphics card, so much memory will be used. Why? I only want the correct driver for my graphics card (X600), I don't need anything else like ATI Control Center or something else. I just want, that not so much RAM will be used only for the graphic drivers. Which drivers can I use to have enough memory free for meaningful programs? You can test it on your system: 1. After a reboot look in your task manager how much memory is in use 2. De-install all ATI software 3. Reboot again and now look how much memory is now in use On my machine ATI drivers are taking away about 40 MB of the RAM