site shows lack of ram

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

I was searching for a game I can play on can i run it and it says my ram is 896 MB when I right click on my computer and it says 1.50 GB ram

rgd1101 · Apr 6, 2013

you probably have a integrated video, it using system memory. Time to upgrade your system.

tenaciousk · Apr 6, 2013

You quite possibly have 1.5g Ram installed, but only 896 Mb readily available. Certain programs. And your Operating system reserve RAM for there own use. I would suggest just buying more RAM. 1.5 gb these days is on the low side.

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

rgd1101 :

i don't think it would use that much cause the properties of my computer says 1.50 GB (1.37 GB usable)

well I'm waiting on a power supply so I can use my Graphics Card

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

than why would it say 1.37 GB usable? and 1.5 GB isn't on the low side...Farming Simulator 2013 uses 1024 MB memory, any of the the sims 3 uses 1.50 GB

tenaciousk · Apr 6, 2013

1.5 gb is on the low side, especially if you are gaming. Depending on which operating system you have. A computer running windows 7 with 1.5 gigabyte in it, I've seen use 40%-45% RAM at idle. If you plan on playing games i would suggest upgrading to 4 gigs

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

the only way I could do that is if I upgade the motherboard cause this is a max 2 GB system

tenaciousk · Apr 6, 2013

Do you know the model/brand of your motherboard? Have you read specifically that it can not support 4gigs? most motherboards do.

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

i donno the brand of the motherboard but i'm just going by what the spec manual says about this system HP DX2200

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

what you said in an earlier reply doesn't really make since, if i had 896 MB available than why did the site can i run it show for the same game yesterday i had 1.37 GB?

tenaciousk · Apr 6, 2013

Hmm, yeah unfortunately it would seem you are very limited. You can claim some of your RAM back by disabling unwanted programs running in the background of your computer. But depending on how many processes you have running, Its hard to say how big of a difference it would make. If you hit Ctrl+alt+delete, and go to task manager. What percentage does it give you for memory usage.

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

would that be CPU usage or Physical Memory?

tenaciousk · Apr 6, 2013

Which operating system are you on? Yes physical memory usage is the same as RAM usage.

kansas_dude · Apr 6, 2013

tenaciousk :

Windows 7 pro and physical memory is around 73% (think it's case the onboard graphics chip is using alot

kansas_dude · Apr 7, 2013

I found out why the phyiscal usage is so high...I use google chrome (which uses more memory than IE) with 5 tabs open (chrome w/5tabs open (and yahoo messenger) use around 73% (more when I play facebook games) but IE w/the same 5 tabs open (and yahoo messenger) only use around 50% (more when i play facebook games)) but I never leave browsers and messenger open when I play PC games...I do leave my anti-virus running

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