Seem vista memory usage

Shaythong , Nov 29, Reducing memory usage as a such is possible, by getting rid of some processes i. However: You will not reach XP levels. DetlevCM , Nov 29, First you need to understand Vista's Memory Mangement is different from XP's Here is detailed look into it , I Think you may be a bit confused by the way that Vista manages memory.

The memory management system in Vista is completely new it is actually designed to fill almost all memory on any system all the time. It does this by caching data from the hard drive that you use frequently Superfetch.

When more memory is requested windows pages off the cache to virtual memory or a readyboost flash drive to free physical memory. The best way to judge subjective performance is to use the machine for about week to see how it works. I am not saying Vista is not more resource intensive than XP because it obviously is. Just that the metric you are useing to measure RAM useage does not mean anything. So whats the use of having huge amounts of ram yet used by none.

Bog , Nov 29, Thanks for the info. It does seem that Vista handles memory much better. Maybe my hardware isn't good enough to handle this. I usually install Vista x64 from now on, but I used to try x Pagefile RAM is a limited resource, whereas virtual memory is, for most practical purposes, unlimited. There can be a large number of processes each with its own 2 GB of private virtual address space. There can be one such file in each disk partition.

The location and size of the page file is configured in SystemProperties, Advanced, Performance click the Settings button. A frequently asked question is how big should I make the pagefile? There is no single answer to this question, because it depends on the amount of installed RAM and how much virtual memory that workload requires. If there is no other information available, the normal recommendation of 1.

On server systems, a common objective is to have enough RAM so that there is never a shortage and the pagefile is essentially, not used. On these systems, having a really large pagefile may serve no useful purpose. On the other hand, disk space is usually plentiful, so having a large pagefile e. I just noticed that under my ID it says, Newby. I am a newby to this site, but I have been programming professionally since Feb I have used more than 30 programming languages After assembly all other languages are so so easy.

I retired in I also installed Vista Ultimate first time to use Vista. I had the notion that Vista was a 'real' OS and that I could set parameters that would manage this kind of thing. I just don't know the RegEdit places to do such settings. I have seen recent emails and articles stating that such an option does exist. What and where is this setting? What are the correct values? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. CmdrKeene MVP. Is your concern the difference between Task Manager and Resource Monitor? From your screenshots I see: Task manager: 7. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to CmdrKeene's post on July 3, No, what I am saying is, all the processes and both pools do not use that much memory.

The total usage should be around 3 Gbs but it shows 7. I am trying to figure out why and probably get the memory back.