Exact memory requirement

[Guest Ramesh]

Hi,

 

Is there a way to find out how much of memory is actually being used at any

point in time? Does the commit number in task manager indicate the memory

used?

 

The purpose is to determine the amount of memory required in my PC. I

already have 512MB (2 x 256) but i find the commit figure most of the time

around 650MB (at times reaching 750MB) and slows down the system

tremendously. I need to decide whether to replace a 256 with 512MB (768MB

total) or 1GB (total 1.25GB).

 

Any guidance please?

 

Thanks in advance.

Ramesh

[Guest Ron Badour]

Re: Exact memory requirement

 

The task manager help file says commit is memory allocated to programs and

the system. If the number is greater than the amount of physical memory,

then virtual memory is included as well. Since you are seeing system

performance slow when the commit number is large, that is a pretty clear

indication that paging is occurring and additional ram should help.

 

 

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Regards

 

Ron Badour

MS MVP 1997 - 2007

 

 

"Ramesh" <ramesh2020@gmaildotcom> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> Is there a way to find out how much of memory is actually being used at

> any point in time? Does the commit number in task manager indicate the

> memory used?

>

> The purpose is to determine the amount of memory required in my PC. I

> already have 512MB (2 x 256) but i find the commit figure most of the time

> around 650MB (at times reaching 750MB) and slows down the system

> tremendously. I need to decide whether to replace a 256 with 512MB (768MB

> total) or 1GB (total 1.25GB).

>

> Any guidance please?

>

> Thanks in advance.

> Ramesh

>