ram ?


  1. Posts : 81
    windows 7 64 BIT
       #1

    ram ?


    i have 8.0 gigs of ram ,but a lot this kept in reserve ,how can i use it all?
    thanks
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    bluzeboy said:
    i have 8.0 gigs of ram ,but a lot this kept in reserve ,how can i use it all?
    thanks

    Kept in reserve? can you be more specific?



    Ken J
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  3. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #3

    Open more programs?

    Do you have any reason to believe it isn't used as and when needed?
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  4. Posts : 9,537
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #4

    The more programs you have opened the more ram is required.
    If your system is running good then don't worry about the ram not being used.
    It will use it when it is called upon.....
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  5. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #5

    Not much to go on by the system specs other than it is a Dell with a Q8300, but pretty sure this is what bluzeboy is referring too,

    The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed

    Note When the physical RAM that is installed on a computer equals the address space that is supported by the chipset, the total system memory that is available to the operating system is always less than the physical RAM that is installed. For example, consider a computer that has an Intel 975X chipset that supports 8 GB of address space. If you install 8 GB of RAM, the system memory that is available to the operating system will be reduced by the PCI configuration requirements. In this scenario, PCI configuration requirements reduce the memory that is available to the operating system by an amount that is between approximately 200 MB and approximately 1 GB. The reduction depends on the configuration.
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  6. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #6

    The longer you run the system, the more will be used for caching. Check in Resource Monitor > Memory tab in the morning and at night and you will see the difference.
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  7. Posts : 81
    windows 7 64 BIT
    Thread Starter
       #7

    ok thanks all!
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  8. Posts : 612
    MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
       #8

    I am with bluzeboy here! Kindly view the snap below! In this site i have read that a 32 bit OS cannot use more than 4GB! The WEI as seen is 3.5 b'cause the screen resolution is way down low 5000:1 and/or it is 32 BPP(bytes per pixel)
    regards,
    Sreedhav:)
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  9. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #9

    sreedhav said:
    I am with bluzeboy here! Kindly view the snap below! In this site i have read that a 32 bit OS cannot use more than 4GB!
    regards,
    Sreedhav:)
    It can't.

    And the actual number is invariably lower, such as 3.25, 3.3, etc. You show 3.25.

    What is the problem?
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  10. Posts : 612
    MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
       #10

    I felt(or possibly am) like an idiot after buying, and installing a 2GB ram(Transcend-DDR2) and the stats. showing that the system's gonna use only 3.25 GB! It will come in handy if and when i shift gears and switch to windows Azure 64 bit!
    regards,
    Sreedhav
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