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Windows 7 - Little bit confused about RAM

 
11-15-2011   #1


Windows 7 Ultimaite x64
 
 

Little bit confused about RAM

I am confused about this Ram thing.I have Asus N75SF laptop with two graphic cards.
One is Intel HD graphic card
the other is Nvida Ge Force GT 555M 2 gb with optimus techology.
I have 8gb of Ram,when i go in properties on My computer i cant see usebale memory
see on the screenshot.
Little bit confused about RAM-picture.png
so I open task manager to see how much useable memory i have and this is confusing me it says 8102 total
Cached 1561
Avaliable 6419 and
Free 5055
And this is confusing me is this normal? How much useable memory i have?I am running Windows ultimate 7 64 bit.
Little bit confused about RAM-picture-2.png
And i went to system infromation and here is a screen shot from there
Little bit confused about RAM-picture-3.png
Can someone help me why my laptop doesnt use the whole ram memory?Is it because of the graphic cards?
Thanks in advance

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11-15-2011   #2


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
 
 


It's OK.
So, Avaliable 6419 + Used 1.6GB = 8GB Total.
You can use all 8GB of RAM memory. And yes, I think that graphic card is using some of your ram memory because it's integrated.
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11-15-2011   #3


Windows 7 Ultimaite x64
 
 


Ok thamks very much StalkeR.So i dont have to worry anymore.But i have one more queistion.Why when i go propereties i cant see how much useable memory i have.I only see the installed memory and that is 8 gb.I have that on the first screenshot.
Thanks
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11-15-2011   #4


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Petrushevski View Post
Ok thamks very much StalkeR.So i dont have to worry anymore.But i have one more queistion.Why when i go propereties i cant see how much useable memory i have.I only see the installed memory and that is 8 gb.I have that on the first screenshot.
Thanks
That is normal as system properties just shows what is installed, not how much is being used.
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11-15-2011   #5


Windows 7 Ultimaite x64
 
 


Ok thanks
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11-15-2011   #6
whs


Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora
 
 


The best way to look at your RAM is in Resource Monitor > Memory tab. On the colored graph, everything that is blue (light and dark) is available.

Example:
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My System SpecsSystem Spec
11-15-2011   #7


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
 
 


Usable memory is not listed there.
As whs said that is the best way to see....
My System SpecsSystem Spec
11-15-2011   #8


Windows 7 Ultimaite x64
 
 


So is this normal?Is it ok? Sorry for asking too much but i just want to be sure that everything is fine with my Laptop
Here is again screenshot
Little bit confused about RAM-picture-4.png
My System SpecsSystem Spec
11-16-2011   #9


Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) SP1
 
 


Yes...that's OK
My System SpecsSystem Spec
11-16-2011   #10


Windows 7 Ultimaite x64
 
 


Thanks a lot to all of you
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