Free RAM

logicearth said:

...You get the "(x.xx GB usable) bit when Hardware Reserved is over a certain limit.

Thanks - that makes sense.

That long article that I linked to talks about ways to see how much RAM each hardware device is reserving,

I dont use a graphics card on this machine.

Well after a long read it seems its normal lol, i didnt know Hardware used up RAM to begin with as my other machines barely use any. Ive checked.

What kind of things to you guys place on a RAMdisc? Just software programs?

What kind of things to you guys place on a RAMdisc? Just software programs?

I generally do not recommend the use of a RAMDisk at all.

A RAMDisk was a good thing back in the days of DOS, but those days are long gone. Modern operating systems provide most of the benefits of a RAMDisk with fewer of the problems. The big problem with a RAMDisk is that you will almost invariably end up with large amounts of RAM tied down containing data that is rarely accessed, if at all. That is a crime against performance. Windows memory management is far more dynamic and usually avoids such problems.

The bottom line is that a RAMDisk is usually a bad use of RAM. The OS will almost always do a better job managing it on it's own. There are legitimate uses of a RAMDisk but not many.

Windows designers are well aware of RAMDisks but Microsoft does not include on with the OS. Now you know why.

With only 4 GB RAM a RAMDisk is far more likely to harm performance than help it.

I wouldnt be attempting to with only 4GB, just curious say if i happen top have 12GB or more spare. What do people use on there?