Windows 7: Can you limit windows 7 ram (and still use the extra as ram disks etc)

Vodkaholic27 · 17 Oct 2012

Hello my first post here

My question is this
Can you limit the amount of ram windows is allowed to use?

Example I want windows to use 10gb of my ram and I am planing on using the other 22GB as a ram disk

Many thanks for reading this
Mike

whs · 17 Oct 2012

That is possible. If you allocate the 22GB as Ramdisk, they will not be available for the OS - and the remaining 10GB is plenty. I have never seen Windows 7 using that much RAM for operation, maybe for caching.

Kaktussoft · 17 Oct 2012

You have 32GB internal memory?
why the heck use a ram disk... for what purpose?

You can limit the amount the amount of ram Windows 7 uses. But since you are running Windows 7, the ramdisk has to be defined in Windows 7 as well. So limitting ram to Windows 7 isn't the way to go. You normally only limit the amount of ram for performance testing

msconfig->boot tab->advanced. There you can limit the amount of memory

ignatzatsonic · 17 Oct 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by Vodkaholic27

Can you limit the amount of ram windows is allowed to use?

Example I want windows to use 10gb of my ram and I am planing on using the other 22GB as a ram disk

Do you already have 32 GB installed and working?

Windows 7 Home Premium will not recognize more than 16 GB, so I think you'd need Professional or Ultimate.

Vodkaholic27 · 17 Oct 2012

Quote: Originally Posted by whs

That is possible. If you allocate the 22GB as Ramdisk, they will not be available for the OS - and the remaining 10GB is plenty. I have never seen Windows 7 using that much RAM for operation, maybe for caching.

Well I thought that but I can run out of memory sometimes.. hmm I'll try it again many thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft

You have 32GB internal memory?
why the heck use a ram disk... for what purpose?

Well not to be funny but because you can that's why.. Unreal speeds great for soo many things

Quote: Originally Posted by Kaktussoft

You can limit the amount the amount of ram Windows 7 uses. But since you are running Windows 7, the ramdisk has to be defined in Windows 7 as well. So limitting ram to Windows 7 isn't the way to go. You normally only limit the amount of ram for performance testing

msconfig->boot tab->advanced. There you can limit the amount of memory

Ive tryed this and you can't use the extra (after you have set the limit) as a ram disk sadly or this would that I was after.

Many thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by ignatzatsonic

Quote: Originally Posted by Vodkaholic27

Can you limit the amount of ram windows is allowed to use?

Example I want windows to use 10gb of my ram and I am planing on using the other 22GB as a ram disk

Do you already have 32 GB installed and working?

Windows 7 Home Premium will not recognize more than 16 GB, so I think you'd need Professional or Ultimate.

Hi yea I am on Ultimate
Cheers for the reply.

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