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gluzd   09-18-2008 at 11:41:50 PM

I have 3.07GB RAM recognized by 32-bit Vista (and a 4GB paging file). However, even under very heavy loads when over 1GB is paged and apps start crashing, Task Manager shows use of only 2GB average (fluctuating between 2 and 2.2GB). Why does it report ~1GB free under such conditions? If it's truly free, is there a setting in Vista I can use to utilize it?


Message edited by gluzd on 09-18-2008 at 11:51:45 PM
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notherdude   09-18-2008 at 11:54:17 PM
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well, your total ram is divided up between apps and the os, so my guess is you are maxing out the amount alloted to the apps while the OS space remains unfilled. The details of windows memory management are rather complex so I can't really break it down for you and I may not have all the details correct.


Message edited by notherdude on 09-19-2008 at 12:00:21 AM
------------------------------ tehhardpro wrote :


notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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