GC.Collect()

Question

Ok, I\'ve read a couple of topics about it, but here it goes. Let\'s imagine I have an application where basically every now and then I will click on a button, a lot of thin

Answer 1

Normally the GC is only called if you attempt to allocate new memory. If you don't run out of memory, you obtain 0% performance improvement from calling the GC. You have to have a pretty insanely resource intensive application to even come close to the limits of RAM on todays computers.

If you program has lots of external resources(like files or COM/DCOM references), you potentially would want to call the GC.

If calling the GC will give you peace of mind, then go ahead. It likely won't help, but it certainly wouldn't hurt.