Windows Forms Memory Consumption

[MyndFyre]

I've become very conscious about how much memory my bot uses (about 40mb by the time the bot loads).

I decided to do some testing:

Baseline (one window, no child controls):
      13,984k debug, 13,680k release

Baseline plus use of my library:
      14,336k debug, 14,200k release

Baseline console:
      6,580k debug, 6,356k release
Console plus use of my library:
      7,176k debug, 7,004k release

The "Baseline" test is an unmodified, brand-new C# project with a single, blank form called "Form1".  Adding my library to it, I added a class which implemented the interface IConnectionSettings, which forced the runtime to load my library.

The "Baseline console" test was a brand-new console application.  When I added my library to it, I implemented the IConnectionSettings interface on Class1, where the entry point was.

Somewhat scary....

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

Wow, that's really bad. Can you do the same benchmark on a native API Windows app, and MFC?

[Maddox]

My native C++ bot runs under 300K when idle sometimes.

[hismajesty]

Since iago is off camping..."JavaOp takes 600k"

[iago]

As long as I'm not using a gui, I've seen my Java bot as low as 300k and as high as 1.2mb, but it tends to level off at about 600k

[Falcon[anti-yL]]

The lowest I got with Armabot was 13mb after leaving it on for a day, then soared all the way to 80mb when I used the log viewer

[MyndFyre]

The lowest I got with Armabot was 13mb after leaving it on for a day, then soared all the way to 80mb when I used the log viewer

Is that all?  I've had well over 100mb when using the log viewer.  :-P

[Falcon[anti-yL]]

The log viewer took so long to view so instead of watching its memory usage increase I just ended the process. I had TFT minimized so all that memory consumption lags up my sister I'm sure If I had left it on it would've went over 100mb

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

That's TERRIBLE!

[TheMinistered]

Hey, myndfyre-- what project configuration were those tests done on?  If you set the configuration to Release, you will get better memory consumption, it's still bad-- but it's better.

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

40mb is still unacceptible.

[MyndFyre]

Hey, myndfyre-- what project configuration were those tests done on?  If you set the configuration to Release, you will get better memory consumption, it's still bad-- but it's better.

Emphasis added for people who can't read:

Baseline (one window, no child controls):
     13,984k debug, 13,680k release
Baseline plus use of my library:
     14,336k debug, 14,200k release
Baseline console:
     6,580k debug, 6,356k release
Console plus use of my library:
     7,176k debug, 7,004k release

[MyndFyre]

40mb is still unacceptible.

Agreed.  However, I think all things considered, 15mb is not.  I am limited by the technology I am using; if its baseline is 14mb, then my goal is 15-18mb.

[Tuberload]

Yes, and it sounds like this technology is not so great right this moment.

[TheMinistered]

A base-line window uses ~6mb and base-line console uses ~5mb for me, perhaps your tests are faulty.