How much RAM do you need???

funkysnair · 07-26-2008, 08:59 PM

i have 4gig ddr2 1066mhz and i find it good for vista 64bit

Twist86 · 07-26-2008, 09:06 PM

I have 4GB of DDR2 800 ram for X64 Vista Ultimate and I notice a jump from 2gb to 4gb

jdbennet · 07-27-2008, 02:14 AM

pain in the ass. Vista is just so bloated. I mean, what the hell did they use a whole dual layer dvd for? a clean install uses like ~12-18gb

xp was like ~550mb and well under 3gb when installed

answeer = bloat

Kornowski · 07-27-2008, 02:20 AM

Yeah, I have 4GB of RAM, it's perfect!

Nevakonaza · 07-27-2008, 02:33 AM

i have 3GB,vista uses around 750-800Mb of it idle but still over 2Gb free.

i find it perfect,no lag ever,i heard you dont see any performance increase going from 3Gb to 4 so i didnt bother.

Garethman!!` · 07-27-2008, 02:36 AM

Even if Vista did use 18GB of space, on todays hard drives, is that truly a lot, err, no. Not for when you can get 500GB for $69.

Also, on my 20GB HDD on my old C600, Vista uses just 6GB.

fade2green514 · 07-27-2008, 07:10 AM

the real question is how much ram can you possibly use at once? ive never used my paging file unless stress testing my ram... 4gb is plenty. speaking of which my 32-bit OS only takes advantage of 3gb of it, and i dont think i ever maxed out my 2gb kit when i used it.

jdbennet · 07-27-2008, 03:20 PM

who here has superfetch on or off?

when its on, the caching to ram is supposed to make things faster but IMHO it seems to make things slower for me, and adds a lag at startup?

Bob Jeffery · 07-27-2008, 04:17 PM

on my previous post where i was doing all the stuff i was on 64bit vista and it was only using 1.8 or 1.9gb lol. But i was using nod32 :-)

f.i.t.h · 07-28-2008, 09:31 AM

I use 4 gb, its enough for me.
For now...

*goes to buy another 4gb ram*
*wakes up from dream*

07-26-2008, 08:59 PM	#11 (permalink)
funkysnair Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle-England-uk Age: 26 Posts: 1,440	i have 4gig ddr2 1066mhz and i find it good for vista 64bit __________________ q6600@3.2ghz-asus p5k pro-4x1gig 1066mhz ballistix- raptor 74gig-maxitor 500gig-gainward hd4850- thermaltake tr2 550watt-sony/nec dvd rw- antec900 (liquid cooled mod)-swiftech pump/rad- 2x"19 widescreen acer monitors

07-26-2008, 09:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
Twist86 Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Indiana Age: 22 Posts: 627	I have 4GB of DDR2 800 ram for X64 Vista Ultimate and I notice a jump from 2gb to 4gb __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 400x7- 2.8ghz Evga 8800GT 512mb 4x 1GB G-skill PC6400 DDR2 800 GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 TX750w Corsair PSU Seagate ST3320620AS 7200RPM 320gb Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Crap...Intel stole my heart from AMD.

07-27-2008, 02:20 AM	#14 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 13,369	Yeah, I have 4GB of RAM, it's perfect! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 850MHz 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 765/1885/1000 Corsair HX520W Windows Vista Home Premium Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED OCZ XTC RAM Cooler Antec 900 (Modded)

07-27-2008, 02:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
Nevakonaza Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Midlands,Uk Age: 20 Posts: 8,510	i have 3GB,vista uses around 750-800Mb of it idle but still over 2Gb free. i find it perfect,no lag ever,i heard you dont see any performance increase going from 3Gb to 4 so i didnt bother. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO -Asus Silent Knight II MSI P35 Neo-F (45nm Ready) V1.9 Bios Seagate Barracuda 250Gb Sata II Western Digital Caviar 400GB Sata II 4GB OCZ PC2-6400C5 Vista Gold Series @ TBA Asus Extreme 8800GT G92 512Mb with Glaciator cooler Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 7.1 Sony 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM SATA Icute Jet Turbine case blk (Modded) Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1\|Kaspersky IS 2009

07-27-2008, 02:36 AM	#16 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,327	Even if Vista did use 18GB of space, on todays hard drives, is that truly a lot, err, no. Not for when you can get 500GB for $69. Also, on my 20GB HDD on my old C600, Vista uses just 6GB. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2 PC5300 HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Hitachi 120GB 5400RPM SATA GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Basic PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

07-27-2008, 02:14 AM	#13 (permalink)
jdbennet Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England / Dundee Posts: 1,653	pain in the ass. Vista is just so bloated. I mean, what the hell did they use a whole dual layer dvd for? a clean install uses like ~12-18gb xp was like ~550mb and well under 3gb when installed answeer = bloat

07-27-2008, 07:10 AM	#17 (permalink)
fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,630	the real question is how much ram can you possibly use at once? ive never used my paging file unless stress testing my ram... 4gb is plenty. speaking of which my 32-bit OS only takes advantage of 3gb of it, and i dont think i ever maxed out my 2gb kit when i used it. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

07-27-2008, 03:20 PM	#18 (permalink)
jdbennet Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: England / Dundee Posts: 1,653	who here has superfetch on or off? when its on, the caching to ram is supposed to make things faster but IMHO it seems to make things slower for me, and adds a lag at startup?

07-27-2008, 04:17 PM	#19 (permalink)
Bob Jeffery Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate sc,us,earth Posts: 315	on my previous post where i was doing all the stuff i was on 64bit vista and it was only using 1.8 or 1.9gb lol. But i was using nod32 :-) __________________ MY SPEEDTEST http://www.speedtest.net/result/238475138.png Windows xp home 2.1ghz amd sempron 1gig of ram 8600gt 22" LCD :-)

07-28-2008, 09:31 AM	#20 (permalink)
f.i.t.h Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Zealand Age: 15 Posts: 404	I use 4 gb, its enough for me. For now... goes to buy another 4gb ram wakes up from dream __________________ My Rig: Intel C2D E8400 @ 4 GHz Gigabyte EX38 - DS4 Gigabyte 8800GTS (G92) @ 710/1005/1775 4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 (Heatsinked)

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