vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle

bobthefish · 07-17-2008, 07:34 AM

hello,

my install of vista ultimate 64 is using between 2 and 2.5gb of ram when idle. it is a fairly fresh install with crysis and wow installed on it... any ideas as to why it uses so much when doing nothing and is there anyway to lower it?

pc specs are to the left

BlazingGeek · 07-17-2008, 09:07 AM

Is there any load on your cpu? or is it just memory?

bobthefish · 07-17-2008, 12:06 PM

not really no, between 0 and 5% on both cores. i know 64bit OS's inherently use more ram than 32bit but still it shouldn't be using that much, i know vista is a system hog aswell but hey

jenae · 07-17-2008, 06:21 PM

Hi, this is Vista doing it's thing or more correctly "superfetch" you see Vista developers (MS) realized that previous OS handled physical memory very poorly so Vista was designed to "cache " if you like what it thinks you are going to do (based on past usage) so as a new install you will get a lot of this it is actually one of the best features of Vista more efficent use of memory. It will settle down and you will notice that programs open faster One thing Vista likes memory and as it is cheap go for it.

bobthefish · 07-18-2008, 06:56 AM

ahh right... that sounds very handy indeed thanks for the info :D

07-17-2008, 07:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
bobthefish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Yorkshire - England Posts: 85 OS: Vista ultimate x64 My System	vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle hello, my install of vista ultimate 64 is using between 2 and 2.5gb of ram when idle. it is a fairly fresh install with crysis and wow installed on it... any ideas as to why it uses so much when doing nothing and is there anyway to lower it? pc specs are to the left

07-17-2008, 09:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
BlazingGeek Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 78 OS: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) My System	Re: vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle Is there any load on your cpu? or is it just memory? __________________ "Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed." Richard Rahl, Master of D'Hara

07-17-2008, 12:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
bobthefish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Yorkshire - England Posts: 85 OS: Vista ultimate x64 My System	Re: vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle not really no, between 0 and 5% on both cores. i know 64bit OS's inherently use more ram than 32bit but still it shouldn't be using that much, i know vista is a system hog aswell but hey

07-17-2008, 06:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
jenae Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 157 OS: XP & Vista	Re: vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle Hi, this is Vista doing it's thing or more correctly "superfetch" you see Vista developers (MS) realized that previous OS handled physical memory very poorly so Vista was designed to "cache " if you like what it thinks you are going to do (based on past usage) so as a new install you will get a lot of this it is actually one of the best features of Vista more efficent use of memory. It will settle down and you will notice that programs open faster One thing Vista likes memory and as it is cheap go for it.

07-18-2008, 06:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
bobthefish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Yorkshire - England Posts: 85 OS: Vista ultimate x64 My System	Re: vista is using 2 to 2.5gb of ram on idle ahh right... that sounds very handy indeed thanks for the info :D