Windows 7 Ram usage???

[hkancyr]

I have 64 processes and 30% memory usage. Seems to be running just fine.

 

[Algeron]

I am running 64bit Windows7 Ultimate. If I leave my computer running overnight, I will have 98% RAM usage (4GB total) in the morning. I have tried this with various to no programs running overnight with the same results.

 

[choco]

Hi, I am new to this forum. How does one check RAM usage?

 

[whs]

Hi, I am new to this forum. How does one check RAM usage?

Right click on the taskbar > Task manager > Performance tab > click on "Resource Manager" button > Memory button. There you will see a colored bar which shows the current RAM usage.

 

[soliberus]

I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit and I have 8GB of RAM installed. My PC has been running for a while and it consumed all 8GB of RAM and started swapping (grinding machine to a halt). It seems Win7 just consumes more and more memory the longer you keep it running. My XP machine I could leave running for months and it never ran out of memory.

I've just rebooted my PC and currently only have IE (2 tabs) and a VNC client session open and it's using 1.4GB of RAM.

 

[logicearth]

I'm running Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit and I have 8GB of RAM installed. My PC has been running for a while and it consumed all 8GB of RAM and started swapping (grinding machine to a halt). It seems Win7 just consumes more and more memory the longer you keep it running. My XP machine I could leave running for months and it never ran out of memory.

I've just rebooted my PC and currently only have IE (2 tabs) and a VNC client session open and it's using 1.4GB of RAM.

Something you are running has a memory leak. It is not Windows it is something that was installed. Could be anti-virus or check the Memory tab in Resource Monitor.

 

[omaigadlol]

DaRonRon,

Win 7 uses less RAM then all previous versions of windows.
This is done mainly by not turning on system programs until they are needed.

FALSE. Windows 2003 uses 200 MB of RAM. I've been using it as a personal OS (this particular installation) for close to 4 years now.

 

[Ken Wu]

Windows 7 memory usage is low!

Although I have windows 7 using 1 gb ram on my machine, which is windows 7 professional 64 bit with 4 GB ram, on my 512 mb machine with windows 7 ulimate RC 64 bit tested in windows virtual pc, it only uses a little over 200 mb memory. Same when I changed the virtual memory into 1 GB. When I add even more, however, the system memory usage started to increase. If your computer is using over 1 gb ram, and isn't slowing down a tad, don't worry. Windows 7 is just making sure it could use your ram the most effectively, and provide maximum performance

 

[TheRoepieRoepie]

I'm using 34% of 4Gb on windows 7 64Bit. Does Norton 360 use a lot of RAM? couse that's running in the background as well ofcourse.

 

[Layback Bear]

I run 33% with 4 gigs of ram which is normal. Try this. Start button and type resmon and go to memory and you will see what Windows 7 is doing with your ram.

 

[madtownidiot]

33% of the available physical memory is what 7 usually tries to use, unless you have a LOT of memory. You can trim a lot of the memory usage down by disabling unnecessary services, which cuts down on the number of processes that load at startup...
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[SevenNerd]

DaRonRon,

Win 7 uses less RAM then all previous versions of windows.
This is done mainly by not turning on system programs until they are needed.

That is the most ridiculous statement Ive ever heard. Your saying windows 7 uses less ram than windows 2000 or XP? My XP idles ones 150MB of ram..........

 

[brianzion]

I run 33% with 4 gigs of ram which is normal. Try this. Start button and type resmon and go to memory and you will see what Windows 7 is doing with your ram.

good advice