VERY high mem usage

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  1. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 x64, Windows XP x86
       #1

    VERY high mem usage


    Hey guys, I have Windows 7 RC1 (build 7000) x64 in English. While idling, Windows is using ~7GB of RAM (I have 12GB total).


    I have NOTHING running that comes even CLOSE to this amount of usage, so what's going on?

    Also, why the hell did it decide that 1GB isn't enough memory for my Nvidia 285GTX? 7 has assigned 3.5GB of my system RAM to be "shared" with my video card (my motherboard has NO integrated video).

    Specs:
    Core i7 @ 3.2Ghz
    12GB DDR3 @ 1600Mhz
    Nvidia 285GTX 1GB DDR3
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Blah, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You might check in Resource Monitor under the Memory tab to see if it can help determine what is using your active memory up.

    VERY high mem usage-resource_monitor.jpg

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Last edited by Brink; 04 Aug 2009 at 14:21.
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  3. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 x64, Windows XP x86
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for the welcome, Brink.

    I did check it out, and got the same memory usage - it MAY add up to 2GB, but not 7.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Does is continue like this if you log off and log on, or restart the computer?
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  5. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 x64, Windows XP x86
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Yes. Because my primary drive is a SSD, I had page file disabled, and my memory usage was at 8GB (all available RAM used). I reenabled page file and rebooted, and it jumped to 7GB.

    After exploring a bit, I have disabled Aero (or at least made it the Basic theme), and disabled page file again, and my memory usage is staying at ~1.3GB. So, it seems Aero is the source of it, but how and why? Perhaps this is addressed in a later build?
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    Strange. What build do you have? I have the 7600 RTM build with Aero enabled without transparency, and no high memory usage like this.
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  7. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 x64, Windows XP x86
    Thread Starter
       #7

    I'm currently on RC1 (build 7000).

    I have been using 7 since build 6048 or some junk on both my desktop and laptop, but I have not seen memory usage like this until now, either (I just updated my PC with new parts).

    Once again, my theme is set to Aero Basic.
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  8. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    It may have just been a temporary glitch with Task Manager not updating the graph properly. It worked fine in the 7000 build for me to.

    VERY high mem usage-update.jpg
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  9. Posts : 42
    Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2
       #9

    You might services starting that are wasting your memory. Is there any chance you have a virus or something that is running in the background and wasting your memory. Just a couple of questions.
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  10. Posts : 213
    Windows 7 x64
       #10

    Try running this Process Explorer
    add a column called Private Bytes on the Process Memory tab in select columns then sort by that.
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