are you moving to 4gb ram for vista?

[her34]

for xp, 1gb was good for average users, 2gb was good for power users. vista doubles those numbers.

the problem with 4gb ram though is that depending on your mobo, you'll get 2gb-3gb of ram available even if you install 4gb

so to get full 4gb you need to move to vista 64bit.

what do you plan on doing?

 

[Jjoshua2]

I plan on not using Vista. Where's the choice for that?
At least not until the bugs are worked out. I'm using Xp pro x64, so I would probably use vista 64 anyway. I have 2gb now, so I would probably start out with that and see how it goes.

 

[Agentbolt]

3GB appears to be the top-end amount of RAM for 32 bit Vista. I'm currently running on 2 gigs and it flies, so I'll install the other gig down the road someday.

 

[Canai]

I plan on having 4Gb by the time crysis comes out, which is when I'll start using Vista.

 

[Bremen]

Need an option for been using 4GB :0) Of course I have no intention of getting vista either... so I guess this poll dosn't apply to me

 

[Mem]

I'm using 4gb of ram already with my Vista x64,reason being ram was cheap and you can never have too much ram for gaming,especially if you intend to keep the pc for awhile before upgrading again.

 

[Skitzer]

For me Vista is still a year or more away. I'm happy with XP dual booting with Ubuntu.
Just upgraded to 2GB a few months ago and see no real difference from 1GB ...... of course you probably would in Vista

 

[zest]

8Gb

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: her34
for xp, 1gb was good for average users, 2gb was good for power users. vista doubles those numbers.

the problem with 4gb ram though is that depending on your mobo, you'll get 2gb-3gb of ram available even if you install 4gb

so to get full 4gb you need to move to vista 64bit.

what do you plan on doing?

Actually, I'm going to disagree with you here. 512MB is good for average users in XP, 1GB for power users, and 2GB for gaming and or professional work. I do agree that it's probably double for Vista.

 

[goobernoodles]

All I know is... I saw vista for the first time today at work, with a fresh install from dell, the only crap running were start up items and the hog was using 1.5gb of ram IDLE!!

Pass....

 

[Blain]

No 4GB and No Vista!

 

[jpeyton]

4GB and Vista Business x64. Works fine.

On average (between the different editions), Vista uses 800MB RAM in a default install at idle.

Vista also HEAVILY uses RAM to cache files and programs. About 1.7GB out of 4GB (of course, Vista dynamically adjusts this number down if you are using a memory intensive application).

So between the OS and the cache, I'm using around 2.5GB at idle. The end result is that all my programs load like they were on a RAM disk; PS CS3 loads in 3-4 seconds.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: goobernoodles
All I know is... I saw vista for the first time today at work, with a fresh install from dell, the only crap running were start up items and the hog was using 1.5gb of ram IDLE!!

SuperFetch at work, most likely. It's a good thing, not a bad thing. Try launching the most-likely-to-be-used apps on that machine and see if they hit the screen exceptionally fast compared to what you're accustomed to with XP.

I'm using 2GB with Vista Ultimate 64-bit. I could double that for $150-ish. However, I'm on Socket 939 and not sure if I want to sink more money into DDR at this point. 2GB is working fine, at any rate. I also have a 1GB Corsair TurboFlash assigned to ReadyBoost duty; these are specially made for maximum ReadyBoost goodness

Maybe I'll take the middle road and just add 1GB, for 3GB total. My reason for installing 64-bit rather than 32-bit wasn't to get >3GB effective RAM, it's that 64-bit has additional security capabilities that 32-bit doesn't have.

 

[Makaveli]

You're statement about vista using 800mb of ram is incorrect. It depends on how much memory you have to start with. on a 1GB machine I guarantee vista won't be using 800mb on idle.

On my 2GB system with Vista RC2 ram usage after boot was sitting at around 500mb. on a 4GB system I can see it using 800mb's. on a 1GB system I would guess should use around 250-350 on boot.

I think most people will be fine with 2GB for the 32bit version of Vista. If you are running the 64 bit version then yes more ram is suggested, why else would u be running the 64 bit version if not to get around the ram limitation in 32bit.

 

[hardcandy2]

I'm using 3 GB, 2 1GB modules and 2 512MB modules. 32-bit version. So I can have dual channel for both sets.

"Similarly, SuperFetch makes a huge departure from previous versions of Windows; on a system with 2GB of memory and a few days of training on one of our test systems it has learned to cache all of the office applications we use, our IM client, our mail client, our MP3 player, and other applications. The difference between loading these applications from disk and the RAM cache is simply remarkable; it's as if we never quit the application at all."

"We then upgraded the Vista machine to 3GB and ran the test again; thanks to faster application load times and intelligent prefetching, Word started in 1.31 seconds. If you thought that 2GB was the sweet spot for Windows XP, chances are 3GB will be the new minimum for you under Vista."
AT Article

 

[striker64]

Makaveli, you are wrong. Unless you have turned off superfetch. Vista will use nearly all the RAM you have available, I have 2GB and even with no programs open, I only have 20-70MB free. This is a good thing, it's being put to much better use.

 

[RaiderJ]

I've given all MS operating systems a good 1-2 year waiting period before I use them. Seems to take that long before it makes sense to switch.

The superfetch sounds like a good idea however.

 

[zodder]

Running Vista Enterprise on my laptop w/ 2gig. Runs very well. I'll probably use 4gig in my gaming machine when I decide to go Vista full time on that.

 

[StopSign]

Originally posted by: goobernoodles
All I know is... I saw vista for the first time today at work, with a fresh install from dell, the only crap running were start up items and the hog was using 1.5gb of ram IDLE!!

Pass....

It's called SuperFetch.

 

[Cadaver]

Free RAM = wasted RAM

I'm way good with 2GB in Vista for now (Office 2007, Photoshop Elements 5, Acrobat 8 Pro, Nero 7, Firefox 2, Picasa 2) but will likely go 4GB when I buy my next machine (sometime before year is up).

 

[corkyg]

If and when I go to Vista, I will go from 2 GB to 4 GB - I happen to like "freeboard" and wasting RAM is satisfying. But . . . probably won't go to Vista until maybe next fall when SP1 comes out.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: her34
for xp, 1gb was good for average users, 2gb was good for power users. vista doubles those numbers.

the problem with 4gb ram though is that depending on your mobo, you'll get 2gb-3gb of ram available even if you install 4gb

so to get full 4gb you need to move to vista 64bit.

what do you plan on doing?

Ha, no you're wrong.

512MB was good for average users, 1Gb was good for power users and 2GB was for those who had a specific application in mind.

Vista doubles the numbers by 4, its always a factor of 4 with microsoft, surprised you haven't noticed this trend...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: her34
for xp, 1gb was good for average users, 2gb was good for power users. vista doubles those numbers.

the problem with 4gb ram though is that depending on your mobo, you'll get 2gb-3gb of ram available even if you install 4gb

so to get full 4gb you need to move to vista 64bit.

what do you plan on doing?

Ha, no you're wrong.

512MB was good for average users, 1Gb was good for power users and 2GB was for those who had a specific application in mind.

Vista doubles the numbers by 4, its always a factor of 4 with microsoft, surprised you haven't noticed this trend...

No, he's right on.

I'd like to jump to 4 GB eventually, but for now i'm sticking with 2 GB + 2 GB ReadyBoost till prices become reasonable, & i decide to start running 64-bit Vista.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango

Originally posted by: her34
for xp, 1gb was good for average users, 2gb was good for power users. vista doubles those numbers.

the problem with 4gb ram though is that depending on your mobo, you'll get 2gb-3gb of ram available even if you install 4gb

so to get full 4gb you need to move to vista 64bit.

what do you plan on doing?

Ha, no you're wrong.

512MB was good for average users, 1Gb was good for power users and 2GB was for those who had a specific application in mind.

Vista doubles the numbers by 4, its always a factor of 4 with microsoft, surprised you haven't noticed this trend...

No, he's right on.

I'd like to jump to 4 GB eventually, but for now i'm sticking with 2 GB + 2 GB ReadyBoost till prices become reasonable, & i decide to start running 64-bit Vista.

I'm never wrong, even if I admit so, which makes it right again, therefore I'm never wrong.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: zest
8Gb

That's a hell of a system that you have there. What are you going to be doing with that system and 8GB of memory?