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Ticallion
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_ 		18. February 2007 @ 07:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all,

Well Im running windows Vista Ultimate and it seems that evn if my computer is idle, if i look in the task manager the RAM being used is always between 65-70%, surely this cannot be the norm, but I cannot see anything which might be eatin the RAM up, so im a bit confused,

Can anyone shed any light on this small conundrum?
Thanks,

Methtical
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gfxbss
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_ 		18. February 2007 @ 08:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its not just you. everyone i have talked to has had that problem w/ vista. mine runs at about 45%.

Tyler
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Ticallion
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_ 		18. February 2007 @ 09:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Possible explanation here.


http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html

Thing is I have 1GB RAM, and to be hoenst Vista runs very nice and smooth indeed, so i guess it doesnt really matter that its always at ~70% if it means then that my system runs smooth, but I do wonder if I bought another 1GB RAM, would it then just chew up 70% of that, and would I really therefore notice a difference??
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gfxbss
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_ 		20. February 2007 @ 17:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
alright, so i was talking w/ my buddy at work today. he is also running vista w/ 1GB of ram just like both of us.

he has noticed the same thing. he also mentioned that vista automatically loads frequently used programs. even if it isnt running them. it does that so things will load quicker. this would explain why it always seems to be draining so much ram.

Tyler
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Sony PCV-RS430G, 2.8Ghz P4 w/ HT Tech, 1GB DDR PC2400 RAM, 120GB Maxtor Internal HD, 250GB Western Digital External HD, ATI Radeon 9800 256MB All In Wonder Pro

Macintosh G4, Dual 1 Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 80GB HD, OS X Tiger and OS 9
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