Vista - 50% RAM used at startup

I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses
50~55% of my 2Gb of DDR2 RAM. Then when I go to play Everquest 2 it was
running EXTREMELY bad. I disabled the paging file and Everquest is playable,
but anytime the application needs more the 1Gb of RAM it closes the
application. I have tried disabling Superfetch and readyboot, but had no
reasonable results. What else can I do so vista uses less RAM at startup?

PS. DXdiag says that my nVidia 7800GT has an "approximate total memory" of
520Mb while the card itself has 256Mb of onboard video RAM.

Thank you

Stichedup wrote:
> I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses
> 50~55% of my 2Gb of DDR2 RAM. Then when I go to play Everquest 2 it was
> running EXTREMELY bad. I disabled the paging file and Everquest is playable,
> but anytime the application needs more the 1Gb of RAM it closes the
> application. I have tried disabling Superfetch and readyboot, but had no
> reasonable results. What else can I do so vista uses less RAM at startup?
>
> PS. DXdiag says that my nVidia 7800GT has an "approximate total memory" of
> 520Mb while the card itself has 256Mb of onboard video RAM.
>
> Thank you

Is Everquest Vista compatible? Lots of people are having problems with
it even in XP mode and running it as Admin. I think this is an Everquest
problem and not Vista. Turn your settings back to how they were and
browse the Everyquest forums for a fix (if there is one).

Disabling the pagefile is not what you really want to do.

50% of your used RAM is fine. Vista uses RAM instead of leaving it idle
and I haven't had problems with games and I normally have 3-5MB RAM free.

Yup, Vista preloads empty RAM with files it "thinks" you'll be using soon.
This is a good thing - empty RAM is wasted RAM. It's called Superfetch and
it helps speed up your computer.

Vista instantly releases that RAM if an application needs it. Your problem
isn't anything to do with Vista using too much RAM.

Why did you disable the paging file? That isn't a logical conclusion at
all. You should re-enable it.

I think the problem is with the game itself. I bet it isn't compatibe with
Vista.

Steve

"Stichedup" <Stichedup@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses
> 50~55% of my 2Gb of DDR2 RAM. Then when I go to play Everquest 2 it was
> running EXTREMELY bad. I disabled the paging file and Everquest is
> playable,
> but anytime the application needs more the 1Gb of RAM it closes the
> application. I have tried disabling Superfetch and readyboot, but had no
> reasonable results. What else can I do so vista uses less RAM at startup?
>
> PS. DXdiag says that my nVidia 7800GT has an "approximate total memory"
> of
> 520Mb while the card itself has 256Mb of onboard video RAM.
>

Actually neither of the above answers are correct.
The "PS" tells me everything.

nVidia cards have this thing now to be able to share system memory with the
video card to give it more memory, and slowing your computer.

256MB is all the memory you need for a long while. Memory is for the card
usage to keep track of pixels and color.
The more color and pixels on the screen, more memory needed. With 256, you
could probably have a 5000x5000 monitor which are not even made.

You need to go into the video software in the control panel and turn that
off.

GB


> Thank you

My bad...actually I read it cannot be disabled.

apparantly it is suppose to be "dynamic"
THEY ALSO claim it is suppose ot be faster..which I do not believe.
"GeekBoy" <geek@boy.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Stichedup" <Stichedup@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3F7E01BA-580F-4BD7-A39D-E2B8ECB67185@microsoft.com...
>>I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses
>> 50~55% of my 2Gb of DDR2 RAM. Then when I go to play Everquest 2 it was
>> running EXTREMELY bad. I disabled the paging file and Everquest is
>> playable,
>> but anytime the application needs more the 1Gb of RAM it closes the
>> application. I have tried disabling Superfetch and readyboot, but had no
>> reasonable results. What else can I do so vista uses less RAM at
>> startup?
>>
>> PS. DXdiag says that my nVidia 7800GT has an "approximate total memory"
>> of
>> 520Mb while the card itself has 256Mb of onboard video RAM.
>>
>
> Actually neither of the above answers are correct.
> The "PS" tells me everything.
>
> nVidia cards have this thing now to be able to share system memory with
> the video card to give it more memory, and slowing your computer.
>
> 256MB is all the memory you need for a long while. Memory is for the card
> usage to keep track of pixels and color.
> The more color and pixels on the screen, more memory needed. With 256, you
> could probably have a 5000x5000 monitor which are not even made.
>
> You need to go into the video software in the control panel and turn that
> off.
>
> GB
>
>
>> Thank you
>

I stick to my original claim: the problem is with the game, not the amount
of free RAM.

Steve

"Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>I stick to my original claim: the problem is with the game, not the amount
>of free RAM.
>
> Steve

Okay I missed the first part

"I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses "


That is your problem. You are running 32 bit software on 64 bit CPU.
64 bit CPU has to emulate 32 bit.


>
>

"GeekBoy" <geek@boy.com> wrote in message
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> "Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:O8ieQVi1HHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I stick to my original claim: the problem is with the game, not the amount
>>of free RAM.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Okay I missed the first part
>
> "I have vista x64 home premium (AMD X2 6000+) and when it boots up it uses
> "
>
>
> That is your problem. You are running 32 bit software on 64 bit CPU.
> 64 bit CPU has to emulate 32 bit.
>
>

Oopps..I mean tto say you are running 64 bit OS on 64 Bit CPU
If you ran Vista 32 bit, you would get better peformance.
>>
>>
>

So what u are saying is that pc gamers should not use vista?

"Steve Thackery" wrote:

> Yup, Vista preloads empty RAM with files it "thinks" you'll be using soon.
> This is a good thing - empty RAM is wasted RAM. It's called Superfetch and
> it helps speed up your computer.
>
> Vista instantly releases that RAM if an application needs it. Your problem
> isn't anything to do with Vista using too much RAM.
>
> Why did you disable the paging file? That isn't a logical conclusion at
> all. You should re-enable it.
>
> I think the problem is with the game itself. I bet it isn't compatibe with
> Vista.
>
> Steve
>
>
>

> So what u are saying is that pc gamers should not use vista?

Don't be pathetic. I'm saying that this particular game might not be Vista
compatible. You knew that, so why the silly question?

Steve