Soo.. Does Vista eat memory or something?

[Bigwoods]

I purchased my computer with 1GB of RAM and Vista OS, for about a year I ran that averaging about 430MB of used RAM and the rest was open for me to use.
About 2 months ago I bought 2GB of extra RAM (best thing ever, I highly suggest it) and today I realized Vista is averaging 1077MB used RAM, thats like 600MB more! My computer habits have not changed, is it possible it saw extra room and just freaken ate it or something?

 

[bomberboysk]

I purchased my computer with 1GB of RAM and Vista OS, for about a year I ran that averaging about 430MB of used RAM and the rest was open for me to use.
About 2 months ago I bought 2GB of extra RAM (best thing ever, I highly suggest it) and today I realized Vista is averaging 1077MB used RAM, thats like 600MB more! My computer habits have not changed, is it possible it saw extra room and just freaken ate it or something?

Superfetch loads programs often used into memory, just because it is "using" more, doesnt mean a whole lot. If a program needs more memory it will allocate memory to that program.

 

[mx344]

^ yup, the computer kinda self-adjusts to your system config.

 

[diduknowthat]

The more memory you have the more memory your computer will use. My system uses about 1.5GB ram doing nothing, and I have 4GB of memory.

 

[mac550]

The more memory you have the more memory your computer will use. My system uses about 1.5GB ram doing nothing, and I have 4GB of memory.

yeah same here, im only using 1.5Gb

 

[tremmor]

add more memory. its a cheap upgrade. its the best ya can do.
4 gig.

 

[Gooberman]

Yeah mine uses 980 MB usually (2GB total)

 

[gto286]

well vista does take alot of memmory that's for sure anyone running it should have at least 1gig ram.

i have been working on windows 7. RC it's the same way
anyone install it i recommend at least 1gig or more ram and alocate a min of 20gig space for it since it does take almost 17gig after the install.

 

[Bodaggit23]

I have Vista x64 with 6Gb of DDR3 RAM.

anyone install it allocate a min of 20gig space for it since it does take almost 17gig after the install.

That's good advice, but your install is that big because you probably installed it
over an old copy of Windows.?

In that case, it saves all critical data to a folder on the C: drive called "Windows Old".
Just in case you forgot to back up My Documents and such.

 

[Gareth]

On average, I use about 2.6GB of RAM going past the 4GB mark when I play games.

 

[Bodaggit23]

On average, I use about 2.6GB of RAM going past the 4GB mark when I play games.

Look at your processes. How much crap do you have running? lol

 

[Gareth]

Not a lot quite honestly, just my usual =P Got 101 right now.

 

[Bodaggit23]

Not a lot quite honestly, just my usual =P Got 101 right now.

Sheesh. You have more than one User logged in?

 

[Gareth]

Nope, just one account on my PC. I usually have a lot open, I do extensive multi-tasking =P

 

[Bodaggit23]

Nope, just one account on my PC. I usually have a lot open, I do extensive multi-tasking =P

That's what I asked initially...

 

[mehdiking]

yeah,here is exactly the same.

 

[konsole]

On Vista x64 and Crysis and a few small processes running in the background I was using about ~1.8 gb. 2gb is the least you should have nowadays. Most computer entusiasts will recommend 4gb though 2gb will be sufficient for basic stuff.