Ram usage on win7

[Klakinn]

I Downloaded windows se7en and i like it but it use so much of the ram

I have 2 Gb of ram and i only use msn, AVG antivirus program and the internet and it use 740 mb of the ram

this is 32-bit

if i use Windows vista ultimate 64-bit and use the same program then i use about 700-800 mb of the ram..

sorry i'm not good in english but i hope u can understand me

 

[zigzag3143]

win ram use

I'm running w 7100 32 bit in 512 mb ram and run several apps. why dont you run task manager and see whats using what ram. You can run task mgr by right clicking the taskbar and chosing start task mgr

Good luck

Ken

 

[Klakinn]

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i know how to see how much i use of the ram..

 

[Klakinn]

it is not fair.. i use about 800 mb of the ram on windows 7 32-bit and i use about 800 mb on vista ultimate 64-bit..
if the new-est version of windows 7 be like this, i just put XP again to my computer

sorry i'm very bad in english :/

 

[zigzag3143]

ram usage

Dont worry about your English its fine. there are a couple of things to consider. XP is not supprted by M$ anymore and doesn't have current technology. Win 7 will be around for a couple of years and has more updated drivers and technology.

Is it impossible to upgrade the ram? Or is the computer just slow? Win 7 can run in 512 Mb of ram (slowly) and so can xp. I dont understand why win using 800 Mb is a major problem.

Let me know

Ken

 

[Klakinn]

my computer is not slow.. but my point is.. its veird becouse people say this is better but it i'nt.. it take the same of ram like vista..

hope you know what i mean

 

[zigzag3143]

ram

Yep it uses as much ram as vista ( a little less) but not like XP

 

[Klakinn]

some people say windows se7en use the same ram like XP.. (not in my computer)..

 

[skunksmash]

some people say windows se7en use the same ram like XP.. (not in my computer)..

W7 can use much less than vista (512mb & below), but if its there it will utilize it, unlike XP

try & run vista on 512mb, you'll soon realize how much more efficient W7 is.



SK

 

[DarkXeno]

Memory on boot is one thing that's about the same, Its when you start using a few different programs is where Win7 shines. And now that we are seeing people updating some things we will see a much better performing apps in Win 7 over Vista. To prove what I'm saying open Adobe's Photoshop in Vista then open it in Win7 you will see how 7 does better at memory usage over Vista.

Also if you are looking to have more ram to your usage grab a 2gig flash drive and use the ReadyBoost app in control panel to help you out.

 

[zone23]

I bought RAM and I'm very happy to have an OS that actually uses it unlike XP which saves it for.... I don't a rainy day I guess. I find 7 to use about 1/3 of my available RAM same as Vista. I want my OS to do this, this is the reason why I bought RAM. As I load apps I don't notice RAM usage increasing as much as you would in XP.

7 using RAM sound like a typical XP user.

 

[Orbital Shark]

I've found the usage in 7201 to be better than previous builds. I normally have nothing remaining of my 768MB

 

[kd833]

I Downloaded windows se7en and i like it but it use so much of the ram

I have 2 Gb of ram and i only use msn, AVG antivirus program and the internet and it use 740 mb of the ram

this is 32-bit

if i use Windows vista ultimate 64-bit and use the same program then i use about 700-800 mb of the ram..

sorry i'm not good in english but i hope u can understand me

I do't understand. Why don't you want things to run in memory. If your programs were running through caching of the hard drive then things would run really slow. Memory (and all of it if possible) is where you want you OS and applications to run from. Doesn't make sense to have 2GB of RAM where its not being used, right? Every runs faster in RAM. The key is that when an application closes that the OS is smart enough to move the use of that freed up RAM to something else.

 

[garysgold]

I have 8 gigs and it has 23% used. Most of that is being used by prefetch as I only have a couple gadgets and Firefox open. I like it as when I open a program that I use often it is there in a flash. If the ram is needed for other things, say opening several virtual machines it unloads prefetch and lets the programs use the ram. Not a problem.

Gary

 

[bigseb]

I Downloaded windows se7en and i like it but it use so much of the ram

I have 2 Gb of ram and i only use msn, AVG antivirus program and the internet and it use 740 mb of the ram

this is 32-bit

if i use Windows vista ultimate 64-bit and use the same program then i use about 700-800 mb of the ram..

sorry i'm not good in english but i hope u can understand me

I had a similar problem... With Vista and Win 7 my RAM use was way higher than with XP. Here are the numbers after startup: XP=200MB, Vista=800MB and Win7=500MB. That's after I had tweaked them a bit. Then I added AVG8.5 on Win7 and it went up to 650MB. My advice is to turn off all the frills and tweak your performance settings... see where you're at then...

 

[netomx]

My lap (HP nx6120) have 1gb ram and normally it uses 47-60% RAM... that's weird

btw im not using aero... my video card is an 910

 

[bigseb]

My lap (HP nx6120) have 1gb ram and normally it uses 47-60% RAM... that's weird

btw im not using aero... my video card is an 910

Yeah I should have added that I have 2GB RAM which seems to correlate very nicely with your values...

 

[netomx]

I'm using avast btw

 

[akash3656]

ok, i know every1 is gonna bash me her up nicely but Windows 7 does eat a little to much RAM.......... SO I use this good 'RAM cleaner" OK DON'T BASH ME! PLZ! THIS RAM Cleaner doesn't use the traditional **** RAM cleaner's method (that is hogging up ur system RAM so it will page every **** in Hard disk and make your system SLUGGISH then let go of your system's RAM then you experience ultra laggines) ...

This 1 uses a different way thats very efficient... PLZ READ THE DESCRIPTION of this program on his web page b4 u fight with me....

CleanMem v.1.4.2 | PcWinTech.com™

Description is at the bottom of the page

PS: By default this thing sets up a schedule to auto so its job in 30 mins... BUT if you want to force a RAM clean up with this prog, go to cmd (with admin rights)> then type 'cleanmem'... usually I do this b4 a shutdown as it helps me cut my shutdown
n time from 30+secs to <20secs

 

[halo200]

Not sure what's so bad about 800mb, right after startup mines using about 998mb but ive got 4GB total so its probably just using whats availible to it.