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Post Date: 2007-12-14
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    Posted: 14 Dec 2007 at 9:23pm
below i listed all my hardware, i started playing with the windows sidebar gadgets and i found one for monitoring the load of quad core processors called multi meter 4 cores.
it shows my cores at 1-4 while idle, which im sure is fine, but it shows "RAM" at a constant 35-43% with just things like skype, aim, iexplorer and maybe some music going
first off, does this thing have any credibility or is it full of sh*t?
and secondly, is that high of ram % normal/safe for near idleing
 
 
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ram OC, video card OC, core OC to 3.02GHz
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz (1066MHz FSB) (8MB Cache)
Motherboard: nVidia 680i Core 2 Quad (By: Evga) (nForce 680i SLI) (A1 Revision)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 1066MHz Dominator (Dual Channel) (Extreme-Performance)
Floppy / Media: - No Thanks
Hard Drive 1: 320GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
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Optical Drive 2: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB (By: eVGA) (PCI-Express)
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1 Channel)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 3 (Silent Artic Cooling (TwisterBoost Overclocked)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
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Posts: 395 		  Quote Solo Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Dec 2007 at 12:52am
Ender, when i am doing nothing my ram is at 23-30 %
 
It's pretty normal.  I use the G15 Logitech keyboard and the performance monitor always tell me what my ram usage is.
 
I have 2gb 1055mhz btw
 
When im playing COD4 Maxed out I get my ram usage up to about 70-80%
 
Tabula Rasa maxed out I can get it up to 85%.
 
I would assume as long as your ram isn't over 95% percent or so, it means your ram isnt slowing youdown.
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Plus I use XP, not Vista which I know uses more ram idle than XP considering how pretty it is :\
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My memory usage at idle is almost never below 35%
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It's normal. Here's an article about it..

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html
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Posts: 4219 		  Quote !ender_ Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Dec 2007 at 3:49am
thanks again for your help guys, <3
 
so just curious, what does that % amount literally mean
 
and on a side note, would a temperature gauge be a good sidebar addition?
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If you want to use less RAM don't use that sidebar as it's probably 5-10% of what's being used when idle.
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Posts: 74 		  Quote Church Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Dec 2007 at 11:23am
Windows xp shows page file memory

"memory on your hard drive used as ram"

Windows Vista shows physical ram memory

"memory on your actual memory"

thats why people think that xp doesnt use anything. If xp showed you your memory, it would take up:
about 512 mb on minimum


Edited by Church - 15 Dec 2007 at 11:28am
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these figures are approximate
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