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Public Forum => Pc Help/Tweak Page => Topic started by: MR|337 on April 14, 2008, 07:21:54 PM

Title: Memory usage woes
Post by: MR|337 on April 14, 2008, 07:21:54 PM

I'm normally running around a gig usage at idle. I install 4 more gigs today for a total of 8gb and now I am using around 1.30 gigs at idle. Is it using more because I have more to offer?

Reminds me of my wife and kids...
 :-D

My junk:

Vista Ultimate 64
2.4 C2Q6600
8 gigs of OCZ 800Mhz ddr2 Nvidia Sli memory
EVGA 680i mobo
2x EVGA 8800GT 512 Sli
650watt psu (main)
       +
450watt psu (dedicated for gpu)

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: Giant Flying Head on April 15, 2008, 04:38:59 AM

That's windows for ya. Vista is even worse memory hog then XP, if you're running it.

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: crazydog on April 15, 2008, 04:43:13 AM

Yea, which of the vista "features" do you have running? Try turning of aero, sidebar, other wastes of memory that just make Vista look nice.

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: Video_Master on April 15, 2008, 07:50:09 AM

You have 8 Gigs of Ram and you are complaining about using 1.5 Gigs of it?

No big deal as you have plenty of Ram.

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: Hitman Smurf on April 15, 2008, 10:21:30 AM

You have 8 Gb of RAM  :thebirdman: I don't see the problem  :-D

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: MR|337 on April 15, 2008, 08:24:58 PM

I wasnt complaining, just wondering why...

 :-D

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: Walmart Security on May 31, 2008, 10:04:40 AM

Well,

I using 1,410MB at idle. I have a network monitor running and slide bar with some other bells and whistle's

CD e6320
8 gig  2GB PC2-6400 DDR2
evga 570 sli split-a
currently 2 9600gt
some generic big fan powersupply that sli rated 650watt

I going to be making a MB upgrade and processor soon..

I found that some of the *32  processes grow in size  accourding to memory pool and the damn slide bar can be a hog depending on how many Gadgets (useless crap that i seem to like) you use.

Walmart Security

Walmart Security

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: TE | Hypo on May 31, 2008, 12:15:15 PM

you went up in usage due to having to manage that much more actually.  since you're spreading the data across more space, you need to manage all that space. 

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: doublejz on May 31, 2008, 09:25:31 PM

turn off themes in vista and watch that ram free up

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: WidowMaker on June 02, 2008, 01:22:04 PM

Uninstall Vista and watch the Ram free up!!!

Title: Re: Memory usage woes
Post by: Hitman Smurf on June 02, 2008, 01:27:01 PM

Quote from: WidowMaker on June 02, 2008, 01:22:04 PM

Uninstall Vista and watch the Ram free up!!!

ROFL