 |  | | |
23 Oct 2010
|
#1 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. |
Memory
I have windows 7 64 bit on my 64bit machine and have 2x2 gb memory installed. If I increased this to 2x4gb would this improve my pc's performance. I don't use it for gaming.
Last edited by Benbow; 23 Oct 2010 at 03:32 PM..
Reason: left out 64bit
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
Memory Crucial 2x2 gb
Monitor(s) Displays LG 19"
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#2 | |
Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |
Quote: Originally Posted by Benbow  I have windows 7 and have 2x2 gb memory installed. If I increased this to 2x4gb would this improve my pc's performance. I don't use it for gaming. Yes but be sure they are matched ram or your performance cold even go down | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU 2@2.4
Memory 4 gigs
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Cooling none
Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#3 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
It may improve a little depending on what you do. If you have e.g. very demanding graphics application or do a lot of video editing work, it will certainly help. But for the daily bread and butter apps it will most likely do nothing.
Check in Resource Monitor > Memory tab how your RAM is used now and how many hard page faults you have. That will give you an idea. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
The biggest thing you'll notice is HD access. Files & application will take a considerably shorter time to open/run. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Compaq Desktop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU AMD Sempron Dual Core
Memory 3GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution 1024x768
Hard Drives 150GB Sata
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#5 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Quote: Originally Posted by Orbital Shark The biggest thing you'll notice is HD access. Files & application will take a considerably shorter time to open/run. Is that an effect of the caching? Because the HD does not churn any faster. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#6 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. |
Memory
My resource monitor, with my pc doing very little except using firefox, tells me that I am currently using "85% used physical memory". Is this normal or should I be considering increasing my memory? I use Skype and quite often have this running plus Family Tree Maker plus Firefox running Ancestry + other things. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
Memory Crucial 2x2 gb
Monitor(s) Displays LG 19"
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#7 | |
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
The 85%, is that the sum of "In Use" and "Modified"? (on the colored bar) - If that is the case, that would be unusual and would need further investigation. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 Laguna Hills Southern California |
Running 8 gigs of ram is cool if you plan on useing it but if you have 4 gigs you really wont see too much if adding 4 more unless you are doing video or photo apps etc | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me FX - Series Scorpious
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1
CPU Vishera FX 8350 Oc' 4.812Ghz 1.488 V-core full load 50c
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth 990fx rev 2.0
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance ram 1600mhz Oc'ed to 1750mhz
Graphics Card VisionTek HD7970 Ghz.ed Bios Crossfire 1150/1560 power 10%
Sound Card AC97
Monitor(s) Displays 27" ViewSonic 1920/1080dp hdmi 37in vizio hdmi dual monitors
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 27"- 1920x1080 37"
Keyboard Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse Logitech wireless mouse
PSU HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case Thermaltake Element V
Cooling Antec 620 Water cooling system and 4 120 mm LED fans
Hard Drives Ocz Agility 120Gb SSD Seagate baracuda 500 Gb WD Mybook 500Gb
Internet Speed Cable 25+ mb
Antivirus WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
Browser IE-9, Chrome, Opera
Other Info I have 2 systems FX AM3+ 8350-K15 Oc'ed 4.812Ghz AM2+ 965 BE Stock 3.4 Ghz Both stable Both Gaming Rigs Also Hp Notebook 1.65 ghz Dual core amd E-450 8gb Patriot Ram DDR3 Discrete Gpu Hd6320 dedicated ram 1973 mb 15.5 screen
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. |
Memory
3516mb in use. Why would this be? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
Memory Crucial 2x2 gb
Monitor(s) Displays LG 19"
|
23 Oct 2010
|
#10 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. |
I noticed that I had skype and Family Tree Manager running in the task bar. I have turned both of these off but it hasn't made much difference - now. 3367 | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Own build
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
Memory Crucial 2x2 gb
Monitor(s) Displays LG 19"
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:05 PM. |  |
Windows Memory Diagnostic Reports Memory Problems 
