orest Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 How much Ram use is normal for Vista? Basically even sitting at the desktop im seeing 50% of physicall memory usage. the system has 1gig in it right now, with no open slots. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kontroversy Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=205232 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-434549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norchogane Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 I've tested Vista on my own laptop, and my brother's PC, and both seem to steadily hold that outrageous amount of ram usage. It's just that full of background {censored}... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-439425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=205232 QFE. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-439458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloria Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I also have a gig. Was going to add another before installing thigs like CS3 and FCP... I do need the extra gig for graphics, video, etc... right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-441403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yume2k3 Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I believe Vista tend to cache more than XP that's why people get the impression that Vista needs more ram. But unused ram is useless. You can see the same thing on linux. When a daemon use lot memory for a task, the memory stay reserved when the task is finished and no other software requests memory. I think 512Mo is plenty enough for basic usage (internet, office), 1gig for intermediate and comfort usage (use of lots of softwares at the same time, gaming...) and 2gig for specific usage (multimedia edition) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-449895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorbladex401 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 You should have 2 gigs at least. One gig is good enough to run it for your basic web surfing but if you do multimedia stuff you should have 2 gigs. I also want to say that you should have at least 256MB video card. Integraded graphics suck on Vista. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-451581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rathalos Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 i think 4Gb is the best optimised way anyone should use Vista.. LOL.... Heck, u should jus install vista to ram and run off there... it can own the whole ram it wants... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-451632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Vista will awazs use 50% of avible ram no mater how much ram u have....its to stablize the OS. Its not being used for background {censored}.... Lets say on 1 GIG of ram explore will use aobut 75MB of ram...2 gig of ram and explore will dump 150MB of ram to run it...the more the prosses uses teh mroe stable adn quicker it is but if u want my opion I have 8GIGS installed for memory and it suck 4 gig on start up..but boy my pc is quick....really quick oh and alest a 8500 8600 or 8800 Video card should be installed or don;t bother running vista at all.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-453876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 1GB is sufficient for Vista but if you're expecting fantastic performance, you need at least 2 gigs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61258-some-vista-questions/#findComment-466275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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