1.2 GB ram used, not a single application running?!

mikejkelley · Jan 1, 2014

I recently purchased an Asus EEE slate EP121 tablet. It is using an inordinate amount of RAM. Even when not running any applications it's using 1.2 GB.

At last count there were nearly 100 processes running. Short of researching each and every process, is there a way to automate pruning? I've yet to see mention of a way anywhere but it seems like it would be universally useful so it's hard to imagine it not existing.

As it stands I am unable to use my computer for memory intensive tasks such as zbrush. As a result I am unable to get much of my work done. Please advise.

barto · Jan 1, 2014

Most of the memory used is simply Windows 7. Also, you're doing 3D animation on a tablet with 2 of RAM. What you are experiencing is going to happen. It's not a bad idea to end processes, but be weary, most of those processes are needed for basic operation. You would do better to have a desktop.

apache_lives · Jan 1, 2014

More ram usage = better technically, you dont want to have resources that do absolutly nothing

Ram using is misunderstood, theres a difference between "free" and "available" ram - Windows attempts to cache common items to ram, using up a bit but still allowing it to be available if other apps need more ram, hence free and available figures

With ram and memory management and all that leave them all be there all fine self managed, dont do those stupid tweaks everyone talks about, Windows can handle memory management just fine

However ASUS stock installs = rubbish like all other manafacturers, perhaps a fresh install? And if your not using Windows 8 move up to it - much lighter on resources, much quicker

Morbus · Jan 1, 2014

My Windows 7 with very little loading at startup takes up 2GB of RAM. That's Win 7 Pro x64 with avast, uTorrent and my mouse driver.

I have disabled services that I don't need but I haven't take the saving to the extreme. My guess as to the reason why it uses so much RAM is that I have 16GB of RAM and Windows just goes "well you can afford it yah cheap bastard!". And I kind of do. 16GB is totally overkill 95% of the time.

:EDIT:
Also, do not use Windows 8, it is the work of Satan and all his unholy concubines. It is quite faster to boot, on paper and on reality, but the interface is a mess (and that's where the real speed is at) and it has so many issues (for our computers at work it does) that the speed improvements on startup are irrelevant, because it takes way way longer to boot when you actually do, cause it has some crap to take care or whatnot. Windows 8 is the OS from hell.

mikejkelley · Jan 1, 2014

barto :

It's got 4GB RAM so I expected it to work as adequately as my previous 4GB Win7 installation.

The benefit of the Slate is localized conductive capacitance. If you want similar functionality in a desktop you'd have to pay two and a half times as much by pairing it with a Cintiq, and then you lose out on portability which you can't get recoup at any price.

apache_lives · Jan 2, 2014

LOL @ morbus

I use and require 16gb for my rigs for both home and work, not everyone has the requirements you do, and its not as if ram is expensive

Nothing wrong with Windows 8, it would be quicker then your system no matter how many "tweaks" yours has, and dont blame and point fingers at Windows 8 because your "work" machines are having issues, i deal with clients and there machines all the time, i see how they use them, the crap they install, that happens with any OS.

@ OP

Fresh install, 1000x better then the factory install rubbish (as long as its done right)

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