Guest Eric Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 I get 2GB DDR-RAM, and would like to know how much RAM is being used as the applications are running. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank in advance for any suggestions Eric
Guest MSExchangeStudent Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Use your Task Manager - it shows exactly each process that is runing and the memory usage of it Craig "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:61F4F48F-8158-4F92-9A45-6F8858CA57CC@microsoft.com... >I get 2GB DDR-RAM, and would like to know how much RAM is being used as the > applications are running. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > Thank in advance for any suggestions > Eric >
Guest Eric Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Physical Memory 1046956 K Does it represent how much RAM I get? Does 1046956 K represent 1 GB? Thank you very much for any suggestions Eric "MSExchangeStudent" wrote: > Use your Task Manager - it shows exactly each process that is runing and the > memory usage of it > > Craig > > "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:61F4F48F-8158-4F92-9A45-6F8858CA57CC@microsoft.com... > >I get 2GB DDR-RAM, and would like to know how much RAM is being used as the > > applications are running. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Thank in advance for any suggestions > > Eric > > > > >
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Hi Eric, In Task Manager, on the "Performance" tab, towards the bottom you will see Physical Memory. 1046956 K would be 1GB. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CBB44A10-F7AE-45BB-BE32-5083A87F81D3@microsoft.com... | Physical Memory 1046956 K | Does it represent how much RAM I get? Does 1046956 K represent 1 GB? | Thank you very much for any suggestions | Eric | | "MSExchangeStudent" wrote: | | > Use your Task Manager - it shows exactly each process that is runing and the | > memory usage of it | > | > Craig | > | > "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message | > news:61F4F48F-8158-4F92-9A45-6F8858CA57CC@microsoft.com... | > >I get 2GB DDR-RAM, and would like to know how much RAM is being used as the | > > applications are running. | > > Does anyone have any suggestions? | > > Thank in advance for any suggestions | > > Eric | > > | > | > | >
Guest Eric Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? In task manager, Physical Memory: 1046956 = 1 GB Avaiable: 601332 Does it mean I get 600MB RAM available to be used? System Fast Memory: 703224 What is this memory about? N.B. Words may not be the same in English XP, because I translate those words from Chinese XP. Thank you very much for any suggestions Eric "Curt Christianson" wrote: > Hi Eric, > > In Task Manager, on the "Performance" tab, towards the bottom you will see > Physical Memory. 1046956 K would be 1GB. > > > -- > HTH, > Curt > > Windows Support Center > http://www.aumha.org > Practically Nerded,... > http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm > > "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CBB44A10-F7AE-45BB-BE32-5083A87F81D3@microsoft.com... > | Physical Memory 1046956 K > | Does it represent how much RAM I get? Does 1046956 K represent 1 GB? > | Thank you very much for any suggestions > | Eric > | > | "MSExchangeStudent" wrote: > | > | > Use your Task Manager - it shows exactly each process that is runing and > the > | > memory usage of it > | > > | > Craig > | > > | > "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > | > news:61F4F48F-8158-4F92-9A45-6F8858CA57CC@microsoft.com... > | > >I get 2GB DDR-RAM, and would like to know how much RAM is being used as > the > | > > applications are running. > | > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > | > > Thank in advance for any suggestions > | > > Eric > | > > > | > > | > > | > > > >
Guest Tim Slattery Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >In task manager, >Physical Memory: 1046956 = 1 GB >Avaiable: 601332 Does it mean I get 600MB RAM available to be used? The figures that TaskMan displays are in kilobytes, so 601332 does mean 600MB. >System Fast Memory: 703224 What is this memory about? There's nothing by that name on my machine, maybe you mean "System Cache". TaksMan's help file entry for "Physical Memory" says this: <quote> The total physical memory, also called RAM, installed on your computer. Available represents the amount of free memory that is available for use. The System Cache shows the current physical memory used to map pages of open files. </quote> Note that the "Total" will be the amount of RAM your system can actually access, not necessarily the amount installed. If you're running a 32-bit system and have 4GB RAM installed you won't be able to use all of it because some address space must be used for video memory, BIOS, etc. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Good explanation Tim. Thanks from a lot of us. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message news:enu2e3tsc1k93ejbij33gn4sa48dbidumq@4ax.com... | Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: | | >In task manager, | >Physical Memory: 1046956 = 1 GB | >Avaiable: 601332 Does it mean I get 600MB RAM available to be used? | | The figures that TaskMan displays are in kilobytes, so 601332 does | mean 600MB. | | >System Fast Memory: 703224 What is this memory about? | | There's nothing by that name on my machine, maybe you mean "System | Cache". TaksMan's help file entry for "Physical Memory" says this: | | <quote> | The total physical memory, also called RAM, installed on your | computer. Available represents the amount of free memory that is | available for use. The System Cache shows the current physical memory | used to map pages of open files. | </quote> | | Note that the "Total" will be the amount of RAM your system can | actually access, not necessarily the amount installed. If you're | running a 32-bit system and have 4GB RAM installed you won't be able | to use all of it because some address space must be used for video | memory, BIOS, etc. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html | | -- | Tim Slattery | MS MVP(DTS) | Slattery_T@bls.gov | http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
Guest Eric Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Thank everyone very much for suggestions I get 1GB DDR RAM installed. Does it mean that 400 MB RAM is currently used? because there is 600MB RAM available, which represents the amount of free memory that is available for use. Currently, I intend to install more RAM for faster performance. Based on above memory interpretation, I think there is no point to upgrade into 2GB DDR RAM for my computer, because there is 600 RAM available, does it mean that upgrading to 2GB DDR RAM would not get any faster on performance? Does anyone have any suggestion? Thank everyone very much for any suggesitons Eric "Tim Slattery" wrote: > Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >In task manager, > >Physical Memory: 1046956 = 1 GB > >Avaiable: 601332 Does it mean I get 600MB RAM available to be used? > > The figures that TaskMan displays are in kilobytes, so 601332 does > mean 600MB. > > >System Fast Memory: 703224 What is this memory about? > > There's nothing by that name on my machine, maybe you mean "System > Cache". TaksMan's help file entry for "Physical Memory" says this: > > <quote> > The total physical memory, also called RAM, installed on your > computer. Available represents the amount of free memory that is > available for use. The System Cache shows the current physical memory > used to map pages of open files. > </quote> > > Note that the "Total" will be the amount of RAM your system can > actually access, not necessarily the amount installed. If you're > running a 32-bit system and have 4GB RAM installed you won't be able > to use all of it because some address space must be used for video > memory, BIOS, etc. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html > > -- > Tim Slattery > MS MVP(DTS) > Slattery_T@bls.gov > http://members.cox.net/slatteryt >
Guest Curt Christianson Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: How much RAM is being used? Hi Eric, Based on what you've described, I don't think you would find a significant increase in speed. Most folks can get by fine with 512 MB of RAM. If you were editing large photo, video, or audio files, then you *might* see a rather significant gain in speed. For the "average" user, KGB is way overkill. I originally ran this box with XP Pro with 256MB of memory, and it ran fine. I maxed out this old mobo by adding another 128 MB, and now have 384 MB. I haven't seen any difference in speed--but then again, I spend the majority of my time just perusing the NG's. Not very RAM intensive. -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5F7B30D3-5FA4-435C-9D14-9042B3A1D4CC@microsoft.com... | Thank everyone very much for suggestions | | I get 1GB DDR RAM installed. Does it mean that 400 MB RAM is currently used? | because there is 600MB RAM available, which represents the amount of free | memory that is available for use. Currently, I intend to install more RAM for | faster performance. Based on above memory interpretation, I think there is no | point to upgrade into 2GB DDR RAM for my computer, because there is 600 RAM | available, does it mean that upgrading to 2GB DDR RAM would not get any | faster on performance? | Does anyone have any suggestion? | Thank everyone very much for any suggesitons | Eric | | | "Tim Slattery" wrote: | | > Eric <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: | > | > >In task manager, | > >Physical Memory: 1046956 = 1 GB | > >Avaiable: 601332 Does it mean I get 600MB RAM available to be used? | > | > The figures that TaskMan displays are in kilobytes, so 601332 does | > mean 600MB. | > | > >System Fast Memory: 703224 What is this memory about? | > | > There's nothing by that name on my machine, maybe you mean "System | > Cache". TaksMan's help file entry for "Physical Memory" says this: | > | > <quote> | > The total physical memory, also called RAM, installed on your | > computer. Available represents the amount of free memory that is | > available for use. The System Cache shows the current physical memory | > used to map pages of open files. | > </quote> | > | > Note that the "Total" will be the amount of RAM your system can | > actually access, not necessarily the amount installed. If you're | > running a 32-bit system and have 4GB RAM installed you won't be able | > to use all of it because some address space must be used for video | > memory, BIOS, etc. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html | > | > -- | > Tim Slattery | > MS MVP(DTS) | > Slattery_T@bls.gov | > http://members.cox.net/slatteryt | >
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