Quick question about memory usage.
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Windows 7 uses a lot of unused RAM for stuff like superfetch - this helps to make your PC more responsive.
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Too further add to what's been said. You have to remember Windows 7 uses memory itself too run. It's quite a large OS and will eat up nearly 1.5GB of ram to operate.
Mine is usually sitting around 37% aswel with 4GB
I'm currently using over 1GB of my 6 purely for Opera/IE with multiple tabs in each open.
773Mb for Opera
489Mb for IE
Mine is sitting at 45% atm, i would'nt worry to much about it, as others have said, the background services will be using it, anything opened up and so on.
Best way to check whats using up the memory is to open up task manager, go to performance tab. Then click on resource monitor, and then onto the memory tab.
773Mb for Opera
489Mb for IE
Mine is sitting at 45% atm, i would'nt worry to much about it, as others have said, the background services will be using it, anything opened up and so on.
Best way to check whats using up the memory is to open up task manager, go to performance tab. Then click on resource monitor, and then onto the memory tab.
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64bit = more memory addressing.
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Win 7 preloads programs you regularly use into memory so they load faster when you open them.
I don't get why people complain that RAM is being used. What does unused RAM accompplish other than wasting power? The more useful and things you're likely to use regularly that goes in RAM the better!
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The more available RAM then the less paging occurs. Think of having a big desk nearly full of stuff and someone brings you a cuppa. There's space but you need to shift a few things around or put stuff away before placing the cup on the desk. A bigger desk would help.. However, in most cases , this really depends on the efficiency of the software being used. You eventually need to put things away at some point.
Understand that but people complain when 40% of their RAM is being used? Surely in this case 60% of the desk is empty and the cup of tea is being placed in a filing cabinet the other side of the building...
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yes you are correct.. which is why paging slows things down.. Unless you have specified otherwise, paging will always occur. The more you have in memory, the more memory management is required, then the more paging. Typically, 40% is fine but if a system constantly breaks 50% even on basic tasks, then I'd recommend higher capacity RAM or alter the page file.
yes you are correct.. which is why paging slows things down.. Unless you have specified otherwise, paging will always occur. The more you have in memory, the more memory management is required, then the more paging. Typically, 40% is fine but if a system constantly breaks 50% even on basic tasks, then I'd recommend higher capacity RAM or alter the page file.