So, I am using Vista and have 2GB of ram..
When I had Windows XP and 1GB of ram.. thats all I ever needed.. but nowadays I find myself closing programs to open up new ones..
why do I have to close programs.. what happened to paging..
explain this information to me..
I am gonna attach a picture of the Performance tab of the task manager.
First, we have the physical memory section at the bottom..
it says Total:2045, Cached:816, Free:77
This makes me assume that my programs are allocating 1.2GB of ram.. that seems fine.. So, why on earth can't I use that cached ram when I run out?
Shouldn't that be free'ed when it's needed?
Second, if you look at the Physical Memory Usage History graph.. you can't completely different information.
it shows a bit less than 300MB free in physical memory.
So wtf? what are these numbers. They don't match at all.
Now that I look at it.. maybe the physical memory graph actual talks about virtual memory.... but I am suppose to have a 1GB page file for it to use.. why doesn't it use it?
It must use it.. because 816MB is cached..
so then.. why on earth do I have to close programs?
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