How do current versions compare to Beta 2 in memory usage?

Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
figures comparing the two versions?

When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage when
the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage. In the
current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes, and my
guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be down even
lower.


"Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
> figures comparing the two versions?

Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
in performance also, as far as I read.


"Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage when
> the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage. In the
> current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes, and my
> guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be down even
> lower.
>
>
> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>> figures comparing the two versions?
>

My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
"Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
> in performance also, as far as I read.
>
>
> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage
>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage. In
>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes, and
>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be down
>> even lower.
>>
>>
>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>>> figures comparing the two versions?
>>
>
>

Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.

"Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
> My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
>> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
>> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
>> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
>> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
>> in performance also, as far as I read.
>>
>>
>> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
>>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage
>>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage. In
>>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes, and
>>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be down
>>> even lower.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>>>> figures comparing the two versions?
>>>
>>
>>
>

On my tiny 512mb, it uses 85% of the memory with build 5384 most of the time
according to the CPU/memory meter sidebar gadget.

Of course, that isn't really saying what Vista is using, just overall.

I can't wait to test another build of Vista.
--
Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.
>
> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
> news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
> > My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
> > "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> >> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
> >> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
> >> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
> >> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
> >> in performance also, as far as I read.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> >> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
> >>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage
> >>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage. In
> >>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes, and
> >>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be down
> >>> even lower.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
> >>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
> >>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
> >>>> figures comparing the two versions?
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>

I have 2GB of RAM. Running Vista, without having installed anything else, I
see a usage of about 5% on average. Don't know what all you guys have
installed but Vista itself sure isn't using half a gig of RAM just sitting
there. I know it's a resource hog, but sheesh...


"firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
news:BF713F69-9F68-4267-B7EE-A266C2B6BD90@microsoft.com...
> On my tiny 512mb, it uses 85% of the memory with build 5384 most of the
> time
> according to the CPU/memory meter sidebar gadget.
>
> Of course, that isn't really saying what Vista is using, just overall.
>
> I can't wait to test another build of Vista.
> --
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.
>>
>> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
>> > My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
>> > "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
>> >> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
>> >> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
>> >> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
>> >> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
>> >> in performance also, as far as I read.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> >> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
>> >>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage
>> >>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage.
>> >>> In
>> >>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes,
>> >>> and
>> >>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be
>> >>> down
>> >>> even lower.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>> >>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>> >>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>> >>>> figures comparing the two versions?
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>

I have 512MB. Though 5384.4 is old news now, the OS was using the 512mb, plus
100mb paging too. I was running the sucker at idle. I think the Taskman was
messed up in 5384.4, it showed like 5 tasks running, with some blank tasks.

"Raven Mill" wrote:

> I have 2GB of RAM. Running Vista, without having installed anything else, I
> see a usage of about 5% on average. Don't know what all you guys have
> installed but Vista itself sure isn't using half a gig of RAM just sitting
> there. I know it's a resource hog, but sheesh...
>
>
> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:BF713F69-9F68-4267-B7EE-A266C2B6BD90@microsoft.com...
> > On my tiny 512mb, it uses 85% of the memory with build 5384 most of the
> > time
> > according to the CPU/memory meter sidebar gadget.
> >
> > Of course, that isn't really saying what Vista is using, just overall.
> >
> > I can't wait to test another build of Vista.
> > --
> > Robert Firth
> > http://www.winvistainfo.org
> >
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.
> >>
> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
> >> news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
> >> > My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
> >> > "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
> >> >> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
> >> >> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
> >> >> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
> >> >> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
> >> >> in performance also, as far as I read.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> >> >> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
> >> >>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory usage
> >> >>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory usage.
> >> >>> In
> >> >>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes,
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be
> >> >>> down
> >> >>> even lower.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
> >> >>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
> >> >>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
> >> >>>> figures comparing the two versions?
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

I don't know how you were judging it, but Vista does seem to use over 450MB
of memory at idle. I have seen that consistently across x86 and x64 on bare
metal and in virtual machines.

"Raven Mill" <nospammingdammit> wrote in message
news:uqYQVM%23wGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have 2GB of RAM. Running Vista, without having installed anything else,
>I see a usage of about 5% on average. Don't know what all you guys have
>installed but Vista itself sure isn't using half a gig of RAM just sitting
>there. I know it's a resource hog, but sheesh...
>
>
> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:BF713F69-9F68-4267-B7EE-A266C2B6BD90@microsoft.com...
>> On my tiny 512mb, it uses 85% of the memory with build 5384 most of the
>> time
>> according to the CPU/memory meter sidebar gadget.
>>
>> Of course, that isn't really saying what Vista is using, just overall.
>>
>> I can't wait to test another build of Vista.
>> --
>> Robert Firth
>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>>
>>> Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.
>>>
>>> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
>>> news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
>>> > My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
>>> > "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> > news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
>>> >> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
>>> >> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
>>> >> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
>>> >> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
>>> >> in performance also, as far as I read.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>> >> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
>>> >>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory
>>> >>> usage
>>> >>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory
>>> >>> usage. In
>>> >>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak fixes,
>>> >>> and
>>> >>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be
>>> >>> down
>>> >>> even lower.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> >>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>>> >>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>>> >>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>>> >>>> figures comparing the two versions?
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Dunno...I'm looking at it right now and, even with running 3 instances of
IE7 and outlook express, (Not to mention TaskMan) it says RAM usage is at
12%...

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ON%234UxBxGHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I don't know how you were judging it, but Vista does seem to use over 450MB
>of memory at idle. I have seen that consistently across x86 and x64 on
>bare metal and in virtual machines.
>
> "Raven Mill" <nospammingdammit> wrote in message
> news:uqYQVM%23wGHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have 2GB of RAM. Running Vista, without having installed anything else,
>>I see a usage of about 5% on average. Don't know what all you guys have
>>installed but Vista itself sure isn't using half a gig of RAM just sitting
>>there. I know it's a resource hog, but sheesh...
>>
>>
>> "firth" <webmaster@(Ihatespam)winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news:BF713F69-9F68-4267-B7EE-A266C2B6BD90@microsoft.com...
>>> On my tiny 512mb, it uses 85% of the memory with build 5384 most of the
>>> time
>>> according to the CPU/memory meter sidebar gadget.
>>>
>>> Of course, that isn't really saying what Vista is using, just overall.
>>>
>>> I can't wait to test another build of Vista.
>>> --
>>> Robert Firth
>>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>>
>>>
>>> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Even on a 4GB machine, usage is about half a gig.
>>>>
>>>> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:39F63C74-E8D0-44AC-892B-9A65B00D78BE@microsoft.com...
>>>> > My machine that I got these stats from has 1 gig also.
>>>> > "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> > news:ec576a$uns$02$1@news.t-online.com...
>>>> >> Thanks, that sounds good, a huge difference. You're talking
>>>> >> about a machine with 768 MB, I suppose? With Beta 2 I see
>>>> >> ~half of my 1 GB allocated after startup. I'm looking forward
>>>> >> to try RC1, as it's supposed to have enormous improvements
>>>> >> in performance also, as far as I read.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> "Tom Ziegmann" <tziegmann@nospam.msn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>>> >> news:FC45CD7F-090A-414D-A523-13E77FE88066@microsoft.com...
>>>> >>> When I was running beta 2, I was seeing about 65- 75% in memory
>>>> >>> usage
>>>> >>> when the machine was idle. Now I am seeing about 35-45% memory
>>>> >>> usage. In
>>>> >>> the current build there are lots of stability and memory leak
>>>> >>> fixes, and
>>>> >>> my guess is by the time RC1 is available the memory usage will be
>>>> >>> down
>>>> >>> even lower.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" <kvohe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> >>> news:A52058BA-6CE1-4878-A41F-586993D1D6A5@microsoft.com...
>>>> >>>> Those of you who had Beta 2 installed and now are running a
>>>> >>>> more current version of Vista, can you provide some memory
>>>> >>>> figures comparing the two versions?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>