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    When idle...(noob curious question)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by McGrady, Mar 3, 2008.

  1. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    I was just looking at my sidebar gadget and it showed my ram usage at 46%.
    I have nothing open besides the sidebar and RocketDock. I closed RocketDock to see how much ram that uses, and it didn't make a difference. I was just wondering where that ram is going to. When I upgrade to 3gb, that ram usage should go down right?

    EDIT: I had a 1gb sd card in there for Readyboost, i disabled and took it out and my ram usage went to 45%. WTF LOL?
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2008
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  2. Pai

    Pai Notebook Evangelist

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    Nothing to worry about, You have Vista, it uses the extra rams to do caches,called SuperFetch, on programs that you commonly uses. RAM usage around 45% is not uncommon especially if you didn't tweak the system or have some visual programs running or in your case desktop gadgets such as Rocketdock.

    Vista will release the ram space when application needs them, therefore, there's nothing to worry about and allow vista to manage the RAM. After all you paid for the RAM space for them to be used, vista does just that.
     
    Pai, Mar 3, 2008
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  3. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    If I upgrade to 3gb ram, should I expect that ram usage to decrease when idle like I'm doing right now?

    and can u answer that readyboost question lol. my guess is that it only uses readyboost when needed? =x
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2008
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    If you upgrade to 3GB, it should be around 30-40% depending on what you've ran.

    I don't know much regarding readyboost, but when you upgrade your memory, you won't need that feature anymore as memory allocates data faster than any hard drive or USB device.
     
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  5. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    So running around 45-47% ram usage with really nothing open is considered fine? :eek:
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2008
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    That tends to be the Vista standards, yes.
     
    Hahutzy, Mar 3, 2008
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  7. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Lol, I have 4gb and 40% ram usage right now.
     
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  8. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lol. Nothing running right. 64 bit 4gb ram runs at 40% ram usage. x[
    Wtfux Vista. lol. Is tweaking this bad for the pc? if not, how do u tweak that?
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2008
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  9. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    High RAM usage doesnt mean its bad. RAM is used to quickly access files and programs, its temporarily stored in there for quick use.

    High CPU load on the otherhand is bad on idle.
     
    flipfire, Mar 3, 2008
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    you should return your computer.
     
    NotebookYoozer, Mar 3, 2008
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  11. tloc9880

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    I myslef love Superfetch. It makes my programs open a faster. Like Pai said, you paid for the RAM, might as well let the OS use it to help speed things up a little bit.
     
    tloc9880, Mar 3, 2008
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  12. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Well, you don't need your RAM for anything else when idling, do you? So why shouldn't Vista use it for various housekeeping?

    The important thing is that it can release the RAM when you actually need it for something else. Which, as far as I know, it does without a problem.
     
    Jalf, Mar 3, 2008
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  13. McGrady

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    Alright thanks guys. I was just curious as to what that went to.
    To the person who said return your computer. GTFO.
     
    McGrady, Mar 3, 2008
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