Windows 7 Ram usage???

[DaRonRon]

I was wondering what everybody else was getting in their ram usage for windows 7. Im getting 1.08 RAM in use with nothing running. This seems like a lot doesnt it? I think Vista 32 bit uses about the same for me. Its important to note that i have installed a few apps and all my hardware drivers too.

Im also running the 64 bit version if thats important.

 

[12eason]

So you're saying W7 x64 uses the same memory as Vista x86. Hmm.

 

[Romulinx2]

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.

 

[DaRonRon]

so can someone tell me how much their pc is using? Preferably 64 bit users...

 

[johnwillyums]

ok. I'm currently using 48% of 4 GB.
I'm playing some music through Winamp, browsing this forum, running core temp and EVGA precision plus Avast in the background.
So that's just under 2 GB.
Seems a lot and I think it's not much better that Vista 64 in this respect.

best wishes, John:huh:

ps I'm on W7 7100 x64

 

[YupYup]

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.

And the use of wddm 1.1 drivers when you have more than one window open etc.

 

[rbmorse]

On W7-64 with only Firefox and sysinfo running, sysinfo reports I'm committing 1.26GB the 8GB of physical RAM available.

 

[DaRonRon]

ok. I'm currently using 48% of 4 GB.
I'm playing some music through Winamp, browsing this forum, running core temp and EVGA precision plus Avast in the background.
So that's just under 2 GB.
Seems a lot and I think it's not much better that Vista 64 in this respect.

best wishes, John:huh:

ps I'm on W7 7100 x64

i thought i had it bad, i think thats too much usage mate. I have firefox open, live messenger, live mail, adobe reader(huge resource hog), avast antiviurs running. Its using about 1.25 of my 4 GB ram..

 

[johnwillyums]

Ah. Do you think I should be worried about this?

I just looked in Task manager under performance and it tells me I'm using 1.92 GB running 66 processes.

Cheers, John:huh:

 

[DaRonRon]

Ah. Do you think I should be worried about this?

I just looked in Task manager under performance and it tells me I'm using 1.92 GB running 66 processes.

Cheers, John:huh:

how many processes do u have with no programs running? i'll tell u mine in a sec..

 

[johnwillyums]

What's the easiest way to find that out? J

 

[mariojas]

mine only uses about 600mb

EDIT: 64 bit

 

[darkassain]

process explorer is the best in my opinion....
View attachment 9537
68 process and ~37 (1.01 used)

 

[mariojas]

i just have the gadget that tells my cpu and ram usage.... you probably have an anti-virus or something installed.

 

[Uber Philf]

Hello, im running x64 , windows live, and firefox, with java, and its using 1.58-1.60GB, of my 4GB.

Enzo.

 

[johnwillyums]

I installed Process Explorer but haven't got the hang of it yet.
At the bottom it tells me I'm using between 3-5% CPU have a Commit Charge of 28% on 68 processes and my Physical Usage is 46.33%.

john

 

[DaRonRon]

john,

i suggest u use the windoes task manager, just right click on the windows start bar, click start task manager, then in task manager go into the performance tab

 

[DaRonRon]

mine only uses about 600mb

EDIT: 64 bit

how in the world?? Everybody else seems to have more than 1 gig usage...

 

[drazenn]

I installed Process Explorer but haven't got the hang of it yet.

Why bother?
It's easier just to add some gadget on sidebar

At the bottom it tells me I'm using between 3-5% CPU

According to my experience,your PC is probably idle,and doing apsolutely nothing.

 

[johnwillyums]

DaRonRon, I went into Task Manager and I get 64 processes using 1.92GB of Memory.
Pretty similar to what other indicators are telling me.
My core temps are in their 30s and my GPU is at 45c. I'm now using 1or2% of my CPU.
Should I be concerned?

John