RAM Useage

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 11:56

I know Vista and 7 like to use a lot of RAM but something is not right. If I leave my computer on e.g. over night - the RAM useage shoots up to 80% (idle). As a result, things become slight sluggish. A restart sorts it out but it has only started doing this recently - I have left my computer on most nights for years. Any ideas? Using Windows 7 RC1 x64

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 12:36

This is not a screen shot of the problem, merely one of how many processes are been used after a restart.

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 12:47

Because I restarted it. Before I did, there were 57 processes and svchost and firefox were the only ones above 100Mb

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:03

I have 4Gb. What I don't understand is how there are the same amount of processes before and after, what seems to be the same useage by programs but Windows claiming something is using another 1.5Gb (32% to 70-80%)

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:10

64bit. Normal? It becomes sluggish though - especially in games.

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:18

Ok. Thanks. I will take a screen shot next time it happens and report back.

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 13:24

Swifty55 said:
Do you use Ventrilo?

No - what is it?

doodah · 15 Sep 2009 at 22:52

What other anti-spyware programs do you recommend?

doodah · 16 Sep 2009 at 19:29

After leaving it on over night, same thing. Same amount of process yet 70% memory use.

doodah · 17 Sep 2009 at 16:33

Any ideas/