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whats the resting memory for windows vista with nothing running

  • 21-01-2008 11:35am
    #1
    NeVeR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,356 ✭✭✭


    i've a laptop running vista with only 1 gig ram.. and i want to know whats the resting memory usage for it... this one it running at nearly 55%-60%

    is this normal with nothing running apart from the normal files

    thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    I've never had mine go under 500Mb. Usually idles around 600, though it depends on so many things that it could vary a lot from one setup to another.

    So yeah, it's normal for Vista to be doing that. You should think about upgrading the RAM at some stage, 1Gig is pretty low for Vista. There's some tweak guides out there to help make the most of your memory.


  • #3
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Agree I have 1 GB and its 50-55% typically, at rest.


  • #4
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,394 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I have 2GB of RAM, it is usually somewhere in the middle (i have one of those things that show usage in my sidebar) whilst idling... But then when i start using apps like internet, music, word etc. it doesn't really jump...


  • #5
    death1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,344 ✭✭✭death1234567


    I think vista is designed to consume whats available. So If you have nothing running it will hog the available RAM but if you start running lots of other apps then vista will reduce the amount of memory it cosumes, to try and run in the background as it were. I think thats how it works anyway.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    death1234567 wrote: »
    I think vista is designed to consume whats available. So If you have nothing running it will hog the available RAM but if you start running lots of other apps then vista will reduce the amount of memory it cosumes, to try and run in the background as it were. I think thats how it works anyway.
    qft

    My understanding is that unlike XP VISTA doesn't swap out stuff till you need the space.


    On older versions of windows you could edit the boot.ini with MAXRAM or BURNMEMORY settings to see what it would be like with less ram , but not much point in VISTA


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