alexp999
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System Name | Gaming Rig | Uni Laptop |
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Processor | Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v | AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz |
Motherboard | ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) | HP 6715b |
Cooling | Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans |
Memory | 4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v | 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz |
Video Card(s) | XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks| ATI X1250 |
Storage | 2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) | 160GB 2.5" |
Display(s) | Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D | 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution) |
Case | Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000 |
Audio Device(s) | Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 | ADI SoundMAX HD Audio |
Power Supply | Corsair TX650W | HP 90W |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 | Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 |
Benchmark Scores | 3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0 |
I recently upgraded from 1gb to 2 gb of ram. I am running vista x64. When I was running 1gb of ram, vista would idle at 50% ram, which i though was fair enough. Now I have upgraded to 2gb of ram, it is still idling at 50% ram, but nothing software based has changed. Where has this extra half a gig of memory usage come from? Does it reduce itself when I play a game? One reason I bought 2gb of memory is becasue I though it would give my games 1.5gb of memory as opposed to only 0.5 gb of memory, when I was running 1gb total sys memory. Anyone know what is going on? My dad has 4gb of mem, I will have to check tonight to see if vista has magically found 2gb worth of memory usage to idle with.
Hope someone can help, Any thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Hope someone can help, Any thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.
Thanks.