Minimalist RAM Question

Oct 18, 2009

I don't want this to turn into an argument over used ram. I've got specific needs based on the apps that I run that will use up all available memory(3d rendering). I'm currently running Vista with 3gig memory.

I want to go to 7, and upgrade to 4 or 8(need to mobo research to see what mine can handle) My concern however is how much memory can be freed up.

When I run minimally, I can run about 600mb at idle.(I started using the sidebar so I have a network monitor, + a custom theme).

I was wondering if Windows 7, run without super fetch and indexing can approach this. It's a specific question I've been searching all over for. Most reviews are of how good it's features are for normal consumers/users, and this is the first forum where I've seen atleast intelligent looking debates on the topic.

Again, please don't turn this into that debate. I'm looking for RAM usage while idle(right after the dust for startup settles). The only apps I'm running are AVG, Sidebar, Audio / Mouse drivers/adjustors + a theme now, and I'm running around 900mb used.

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Minimalist RAM Usage

Jul 31, 2009

When I run windows 7 idle, I get somewhere in the neighborhood from 600 MB used (for a second or two after start up) to about 900 MB used. This is from an idle computer running no programs, with Windows Classic theme and thus (I believe) Aero disabled, but it seems a little high. I've heard of people getting their netbooks to run on 250 mb idle and other nice numbers, and I'd like the same for my laptop (if possible).

I'm running an Intel C2D 2.33 GHz laptop with 4GB of RAM with Windows 7 RC 7100 x64. RAM is limited to 3.37 GB, because the motherboard doesn't address that high (turning on PAE and turning off DEP haven't helped the issue).

I understand that the fact I have so much RAM could be why Windows 7 is being liberal with its use, but I thought I would see if there were any tricks I could pull to get such low numbers. I've not gone through Black Viper's service list yet, so that may yield some results, bu I don't think it would yield a 400-700 MB difference.

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