vista what the hell !!!

patrickv · 07-03-2007, 07:47 AM

ok i wont make a large thread but i'll explain some things.
today i installed vista on my dell optiplex 210L (being vista capable)
so installed the first half of software i used. All successful , no errors.
Since the sidebar is running at default i put my cpu meter in it.
The test came when i installed vmware 6, the meter stayed at 100%..lol
yet i haven't installed my 2 main software which is Photoshop 3 and Acrobat 8 both being huge in installation,

on xp i used to run photoshop, AR8 and vm all at once which reached 75% of my ram but vista sucks at that...lol
even if i disabled everything related to themes etc...

i my point of view i think vista capable machines should be "Intel Core 2 duo,2gb ram with 80+gb HD and 256 vga".....

DrCuddles · 07-03-2007, 03:06 PM

I see your point, Vista does eat up RAM, far too much of it for the little services running, that is why i upgraded to 3 GB, i dont get many issues like that any more.
Vista is hungry!!

HumanMage · 07-03-2007, 05:39 PM

On my laptop just sitting idle at my desktop Vista has 512 MB RAM taken up. It makes me frustrated at times.

patrickv · 07-03-2007, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HumanMage

On my laptop just sitting idle at my desktop Vista has 512 MB RAM taken up. It makes me frustrated at times.

oh ma god, dude thats too much..lol

ThatGuy16 · 07-03-2007, 06:23 PM

With the computer in my sig, i idle on 750ish mb of ram and the cpu will idle at 0-1%....i havent seen mine go past 80% load so far but im on an x2

Vista is a memory hog!

kof2000 · 07-03-2007, 06:46 PM

running 1gb vista took 70 percent. running 2gb vista took 40 percent.

this was shown on the g15 lcd panel.

tlarkin · 07-03-2007, 06:51 PM

vista also likes about 30 gigs of free hard drive space.

I have two gigs in my vista machine, and my CPU still spikes at 100% and my RAM also spikes up to 100% when running a virtual machine.

MS just writes crappy code, and then it takes them 3 service packs to get it right, but then you are forced to upgrade to whatever is next. Come one, you all should know that by now.

brian · 07-04-2007, 12:26 AM

and the funny thing still is they are selling a laptop still with 512 mb and vista installed. My brother was looking at it i told him i would kill it if he bought it

.

delluser · 07-05-2007, 02:40 AM

If I installed vista on my computer, it would die...

I don't get why vistsa is such a ram hog....

07-03-2007, 07:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,562	vista what the hell !!! ok i wont make a large thread but i'll explain some things. today i installed vista on my dell optiplex 210L (being vista capable) so installed the first half of software i used. All successful , no errors. Since the sidebar is running at default i put my cpu meter in it. The test came when i installed vmware 6, the meter stayed at 100%..lol yet i haven't installed my 2 main software which is Photoshop 3 and Acrobat 8 both being huge in installation, on xp i used to run photoshop, AR8 and vm all at once which reached 75% of my ram but vista sucks at that...lol even if i disabled everything related to themes etc... i my point of view i think vista capable machines should be "Intel Core 2 duo,2gb ram with 80+gb HD and 256 vga"..... __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2

07-03-2007, 03:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
DrCuddles Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 707	I see your point, Vista does eat up RAM, far too much of it for the little services running, that is why i upgraded to 3 GB, i dont get many issues like that any more. Vista is hungry!! __________________ OS: Windows XP DISP: 2 Dell Monitors 19" and 17" MOBO: Nvidia 650 SLI Chipset ATX CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 4MB Cache Dual Core x64 Processor RAM: 5GB DDR2 800MHz Ram GFX: Dual nVidia 8600GT 512MB PCI-E Graphics Running In SLI Mode DRIVE: 18x Dual Layer +R/-R/RW DVD burner Part of [CF]CoD4 Clan: Forum - [CF]DrCuddles

07-03-2007, 05:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
HumanMage Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 772	On my laptop just sitting idle at my desktop Vista has 512 MB RAM taken up. It makes me frustrated at times. __________________ -----Laptop: Asus G1----- http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3403

07-03-2007, 06:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,310	With the computer in my sig, i idle on 750ish mb of ram and the cpu will idle at 0-1%....i havent seen mine go past 80% load so far but im on an x2 Vista is a memory hog! __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.24v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: 2x HD4850 Crossfire LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06: 20826

07-03-2007, 06:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 27 Posts: 6,273	running 1gb vista took 70 percent. running 2gb vista took 40 percent. this was shown on the g15 lcd panel. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

07-03-2007, 06:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,239	vista also likes about 30 gigs of free hard drive space. I have two gigs in my vista machine, and my CPU still spikes at 100% and my RAM also spikes up to 100% when running a virtual machine. MS just writes crappy code, and then it takes them 3 service packs to get it right, but then you are forced to upgrade to whatever is next. Come one, you all should know that by now.

07-04-2007, 12:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,861	and the funny thing still is they are selling a laptop still with 512 mb and vista installed. My brother was looking at it i told him i would kill it if he bought it .

07-05-2007, 02:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
delluser New Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6	If I installed vista on my computer, it would die... I don't get why vistsa is such a ram hog....

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