[closed] Why do people use more RAM than Windows can detect?

0	Why use more RAM than windows can detect? If it's not being used surely its just a waste of money? windows windows7 ram asked Aug 11 '12 at 06:04 Zorbeen98 151●64●77●84 closed Aug 17 '12 at 20:07 Mattophobia ♦♦ 7.0k●73●122●206

The question has been closed for the following reason "The question is answered, right answer was accepted" by Mattophobia Aug 17 '12 at 20:07

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it not so much about using more then windows will detect as in the past many would use more then windows would use :)

today computer is all about Raw memory the more there is the better and with 64 bit processor you can load up on more then could ever be used.. keep in mind windows its self wont use more them 2 GB but there is more to your computer then the OS kernel and to be honest 2 gb make window #1 memmory hog bloat ware without a doubt ..

i run ubuntu and even with 12 tabs on chrome running and 5 other programs I am not useing 2% of 6 gb of ram and 0% swap

and theeven thought the lap top has a near 1 tb drive I have never had more then 60gb formated and less then 8% of that is used

answered Aug 11 '12 at 12:39

jadtechnic
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Why on earth do you only have 60GB formatted, you might as well have the whole thing there. Also, 8 of 60GB isn't even 6GB, Windows takes more than that. and you're only using 120MB of RAM, what are you on about? I smell bullshit.

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:25) Tim Fontana

no bull just fact accordingto the stats im reading even right this moment ..

right the windows partition take up the rest of the drive I have no need of that space ..

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:35) jadtechnic

Well, I'm using less than you and I've got 4.22GB RAM occupied, and Just Windows takes up 17GB.

I don't see how you can have those stats.

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:38) Tim Fontana

And even Ubuntu will take up more than 120MB of RAM.

The Windows Partition makes more sense, you originally said it wasn't formatted.

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:40) Tim Fontana

see my screeen shots below and please note the date on conky :)

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:52) jadtechnic

Well how much are we talking? According to MS's website the limit for 64 bit windows 7 would be 192GB of RAM. Either way unless you're running a virtual machine, server, or plan to video edit while playing BF3 (Or anything else that's graphics intensive) you may as well stick with around 8GB or less. My Mac has 4GB but I rarely go over 3GB. My ol' PC had 3GB and it stayed under that limit as well.

answered Aug 11 '12 at 09:38

josephLtech
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0	If you're referring to 32bit XP; there are some programs that can access more RAM with it. Running the RAM in dual channel mode requires at least matching pairs and in some cases all four. answered Aug 11 '12 at 10:04 ClosetFuturist 1.7k●6●14●27

0	Well the limit on 32 bit operating systems is 4GB, but if you have a 64 bit operating system, the limit is much, much, MUCH higher. answered Aug 11 '12 at 12:24 catchatyou 20.7k●89●165●383

If the RAM and Motherboard support it, running dual or triple channel, requiring 2 or 3 matched modules will improve performance.

Therefore 32-bit systems despite not being able to use more than about 3.5 will often have 4gb of ram in either 2 or 4 modules.

The price difference between 3.5 and 4gb of RAM will not be a lot.

answered Aug 11 '12 at 18:16

EnvoyOfTheEnd
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screen shot 1 for the guy who thinks im bull shitting and 2 note the Ram use went up to 44% while takingthe screen shot right back dowqn unser 20% now ..

Pleased note my disk useage of the 60 GB is still only 13% swap useage is nothing

i would also like to piont out the number of tabs I have open on chrome and point out I have 3 more instance of chrome running aqbout the same on the 3 other acrtive desk tops I have running as well as libre office running

answered Aug 17 '12 at 19:42

jadtechnic
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edited Aug 17 '12 at 19:55

44% RAM. Like I said, 2% is impossible

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:49) Tim Fontana

no its not if I only run one desk top it goes way way down

I am running the equivalent of four computers here on one lap top and using less then a thrid of the resources it takes to boot a windows machine or most any other for that matter andI still get a battery life of just shy of 4 hours

(Aug 17 '12 at 19:55) jadtechnic

look I am not knocking windows I used window for nearly 25 years ,I installed Unbuntu because today if you want to really be productive not and run a lot with out bogging crashing a lot this is the way to go that is the first reason ..

second reason is that window as of this point is no longer a computer OS it is a tablet OS look a like a fairly nice set up for touch screen just not what I do I wanted time to ajust before it was to late I gave myself little over year before win 8 was released 2017 its going to bwe phone tablet and touch screen or linux which support both and so long as there is a need for server it always will ..

(Aug 17 '12 at 20:13) jadtechnic

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