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Official Windows Vista Helpdesk, Discuss about issues in Windows Vista
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kmarc
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 Jun 24 2007, 10:11 PM
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Can somebody help me with this question? I'm a noob when it comes to Vista.
Planning to go vista soon in preparation for DX10 games.
Upgrading my rig, and current rig (see my sig below) will be used as 2nd rig for basic functions e.g. P2P, surfing, word processing....
Question : Will 1gb of rams be enough for vista? (planning to sell of my 2x1gb and get 2x512mb cheap rams......)
This post has been edited by kmarc: Jun 24 2007, 10:12 PM
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kmarc
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Jun 24 2007, 10:44 PM
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QUOTE(asellus @ Jun 24 2007, 10:29 PM) 1GB is usable, but 2GB is better. Everything else seems to be just fine. Thx for the prompt reply. However, with 1gb of ram, will vista then use more swap files? Will the lag be noticeable? Really appreciate it if any Vista users can describe their experience when upgrading from 1gb to 2gb! Thx again!  |
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kmarc
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Jun 25 2007, 07:10 AM
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QUOTE(asellus @ Jun 24 2007, 11:18 PM) It depends on how many background programs you run. More programs == more usage of page file. And yeah I have upgraded my workplace Vista machine from 1GB to 2GB RAM and the additional memory really helps. YMMV. OIC. I guess that I should keep my 2x1gb then. Even though I'll be running basic softwares, I still have to run the antivirus, firewall, anti-spyware, internet security suite, P2P, etc...... QUOTE(ronaldjoe @ Jun 24 2007, 11:40 PM) 1Gb is barely enough. My normal ram usage would hit 1.3Gb++ when I open a few normal applications. Previously it was very slow. Wahlao! Vista eats so much memory aaa? Ok ok. 2 Gb it is! Thx! |
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kmarc
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Jun 25 2007, 02:49 PM
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QUOTE(linkinstreet @ Jun 25 2007, 08:46 AM) I dunno, while it's faster using 2GB than 1GB, I never see Vista using more than 700MB of RAM in one go, and that's + prefetch which will free automatically needed RAM according to needs. A very high RAM usage in Vista is very rare because the nature of usage is different from XP, and if anything a high RAM usage is usually caused by spyware or worms. even then, I acheived my 700MB RAM usage running Adobe Photoshop and Football Manager side by side, both which uses a lot of RAM. That's what I'm thinking. How it is possible that running Vista with basic apps needs more than 1Gb of memory??!!??! It is just not logical...... |
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kmarc
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Jun 25 2007, 03:08 PM
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QUOTE(dopodplaya @ Jun 25 2007, 02:54 PM) It is rather a recommendation, not a requirement... 512MB - requirement for all Vista editions 1GB or more - recommended spec for Vista Basic 2GB or more - recommended spec for Vista Premium Thx for the clarification. I'm such a noob on Vista, need to research some more on all these Vista packages. Did see their specs once but already forgotten. |
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kmarc
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Jun 25 2007, 06:40 PM
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QUOTE(dopodplaya @ Jun 25 2007, 03:11 PM) http://www.microsoft.com/vista should be the first place to know more about Vista. Thx for the link. Will take a look.  |
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kmarc
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Jun 27 2007, 06:50 PM
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Need help. I've been searching everywhere for the fix for ATI graphic card + nforce3 + Vista 32-bit + AMD dual-core = code 43 (meaning cannot run AERO!!!  ) Apparently it has something to do with the AGP driver. Tried everything including installing the nforce 5.11 GART drivers but not successful. Anybody knows a way around this? |
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kmarc
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Jun 27 2007, 11:20 PM
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QUOTE(asellus @ Jun 27 2007, 07:16 PM) No, either you change your AMD dual core CPU to a single core version or replace the videocard. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1150379Thx but I've already read that thread. Was hoping that some how or some way, a solution has been found.....  |
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