Win 7 ultimate

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 07 Jun 2010, 13:09

So finally i bought a new pc.
specs:

Intel® Core™ i7 860 2.8GHz (max. 3.46Ghz) / Intel P55/H55 LGA1156 / 4 GB DDR3 1333FSB / 1.5TB SATA2 / ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB DDR5 256bit DX11 / DVD+-RW Light Scribe

So i've installed windows 7 ultimate 64bit on it and after install i noticed that it uses 900mb of ram idle. Is that normal for 64bits or something is wrong?

crashacid · Post by **crashacid** » 07 Jun 2010, 13:42

Mine is using the 1gb {idle with nothing else running} on a system with 2gb max RAM.so far no performance issues that I can see.it's normal you don't need to worry about.

leetnigga · Post by **leetnigga** » 07 Jun 2010, 14:42

Yeah, it's normal your operating system takes up a fucking gigabyte of memory.

You kids.

Post by **Gogeta70** » 07 Jun 2010, 16:02

leetnigga wrote:Yeah, it's normal your operating system takes up a fucking gigabyte of memory.

You kids.

A bit harsh, but he has a point. It just goes to prove that MS has not taken the care to solve one of their oldest problems - excessive use of limited computer resources.

leetnigga · Post by **leetnigga** » 07 Jun 2010, 16:46

My laptop with Arch Linux uses 190MB on boot up, 245MB in a graphical environment.
My Eee PC with NetBSD uses 14MB on boot up, 33MB in a graphical environment.

That reminds me I want to switch that Arch Linux laptop over to FreeBSD.
Those are idle times, the machine is ready to run any application I want.

These are not scientific measurements, just ones to ponder.

bozotheclown138 · Post by **bozotheclown138** » 07 Jun 2010, 17:32

hehe i managed to get win 7 ult running on my comp with 512mb of ram and an intel III processor

Post by **bad_brain** » 08 Jun 2010, 04:43

well, win7 can surely be optimized a little by turning off unneeded services, disabling shiny desktop effects, etc., but 1 GB is really A LOT when you compare it to Linux, even my most crowded server with +50 domains uses only about half of it:

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top - 12:34:01 up 96 days, 21:22,  1 user,  load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
Tasks:  79 total,   1 running,  78 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  7.2%us,  0.7%sy,  0.0%ni, 92.0%id,  0.0%wa,  0.0%hi,  0.2%si,  0.0%st
Mem:   1946212k total,  1700432k used,   245780k free,   175360k buffers
Swap:   999992k total,    91368k used,   908624k free,   911988k cached

as explanation: unused RAM is allocated as cache, so it's:
used - cached - free = actual RAM usage, which is about 550MB.

P.S. before somebody says "haha! your system is not well configured, it swaps!": it's because of a daily db backup, I could nice the process but I prefer speed over resource-friendliness.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 08 Jun 2010, 12:05

Oh ok thanks for info.