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Vista with 4GB ram

  • 27-09-2007 7:22pm
    #1
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey I have recently moved from win xp to vista and it comes as no suprise that vista is a real resource hog. Even with 2GB of ram and a c2d e6600@3ghz, applications do not run as smooth as they did in xp. There seems to be constant hdd usage when doing anything in vista.
    Would putting another 2GB of ram in my pc make much difference?
    Would vista with 4GB ram run as smooth as XP with 2?


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    How long have you it installed? It could be just indexing your files for searching. It does this for the first few days and makes it run very slowly. If this is the case once it is done performance will be better.


  • #3
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    8gb might work :D


    Get O and O defragger seems to help stop the massive HD Usage from the page file. Some tweaks on tweaktown to manage the page file, which seems out fo control.

    I havent used Vista in a while but that did help and i had 2gb ram and still do on XP.


    kdjac


  • #4
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    tuxy wrote:
    Hey I have recently moved from win xp to vista and it comes as no suprise that vista is a real resource hog. Even with 2GB of ram and a c2d e6600@3ghz, applications do not run as smooth as they did in xp. There seems to be constant hdd usage when doing anything in vista.
    Would putting another 2GB of ram in my pc make much difference?
    Would vista with 4GB ram run as smooth as XP with 2?

    I don't think Vista will even acknowledge 4GB RAM. But I think it'll run fine on 3.2GB :D


  • #5
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    nipplenuts wrote:
    I don't think Vista will even acknowledge 4GB RAM. But I think it'll run fine on 3.2GB :D

    32bit vista won't but 64bit will.


  • #6
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    I'm running the 64-bit edition(supports 128GB+). It's installed 1 week now so I think it should be finished indexing as the box is on 24/7.


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  • #7
    py2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,844 ✭✭✭py2006


    tuxy wrote:
    I'm running the 64-bit edition(supports 128GB+). It's installed 1 week now so I think it should be finished indexing as the box is on 24/7.

    I am thinking of getting the 64bit myself! How much ram are you using?


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