Pretty interesting how much Vista Caches for Memory [56K Wanrning!]

Judas · Nov 20, 2007, 07:41 AM

Before with my 2gb install, when using vista, i rarely saw more then 800-1300mb of memory cached.. leaving no less then 200mb free.

but i'm noticing with my 4gb installation.. and i've even had 8gb loaded just to see if the effects were the same.... with this newer board and with vista x64 as well..... every single drop of memory is fully cached..

Performance is utterly amazingly GREAT..... no delay in loading anything..

but i just find it interesting how much is cached.... and emediately when memory is made available, how quickly it caches it again.

It's weird seeing 7000mb Cache with the 8gb...

this is what 4gb looks like on a Recently installed and only running without much of anything going on after a fresh bootup.

oh and btw, before anyone that starts spouting off about how horrible vista is and how waistful and bloated it is.. it's CACHE, it's not memory IN USE....

Zelig · Nov 20, 2007, 12:10 PM

Yeah, actually goes right down to 0 free if you let it. Next time I build myself a desktop in a couple years, I'm going to be tempted to stuff around 32GB of ECC ram into it...

Judas · Nov 20, 2007, 11:50 PM

If that's ANY time soon, i'm not going to even guestimate that cost of 32gb.... i saw what 16gb of bufffered ECC ram cost......it's rediculious.....

PangingJr · Nov 21, 2007, 06:05 AM

DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC is still expensive, but not that very expensive like it used to be in just couple years back, and i think it's now DDR2-800 and is available for a newer or upcoming chipset.

MitchRapp · Nov 30, 2007, 02:19 PM

It does in fact CACHE every inch of your RAM. I'd love to know what it's caching though ... most used files?

Cuz at this point, it's going to be caching Crysis lol

Judas · Nov 30, 2007, 06:35 PM

all i know is that vista lets go of the memory really fast when something needs it... reguardless of it being used by windows or cacheing....

also, it's pretty noticeable once you've had vista setup for any length of time, how quickly things start to load

PangingJr · Dec 18, 2007, 08:22 AM

tried to give my new install of Vista some exercise to see if it will lag while running some large workloads, tried to use up every bit of the system memory. the Readyboost and paging file were both came to play and rescue, the Vista didn't seem to want to crash at all, and it kept running smoothly throughout. Vista is very stable desktop OS.

Judas · Dec 19, 2007, 05:56 AM

yeah i'm seeing vista rock solid everywhere

PangingJr · Dec 19, 2007, 06:10 AM

have a see here for WS08 64-bit RC

just about every bit of the system memory had been used (not by the OS itself), it would not crash.

Nov 20, 2007, 12:10 PM	#2
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Yeah, actually goes right down to 0 free if you let it. Next time I build myself a desktop in a couple years, I'm going to be tempted to stuff around 32GB of ECC ram into it... __________________ --

Dec 18, 2007, 08:22 AM	#7
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	tried to give my new install of Vista some exercise to see if it will lag while running some large workloads, tried to use up every bit of the system memory. the Readyboost and paging file were both came to play and rescue, the Vista didn't seem to want to crash at all, and it kept running smoothly throughout. Vista is very stable desktop OS. Last edited by PangingJr; Dec 18, 2007 at 08:35 AM.

Nov 21, 2007, 06:05 AM	#4
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	DDR2 FB-DIMM ECC is still expensive, but not that very expensive like it used to be in just couple years back, and i think it's now DDR2-800 and is available for a newer or upcoming chipset.

Nov 30, 2007, 02:19 PM	#5
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	It does in fact CACHE every inch of your RAM. I'd love to know what it's caching though ... most used files? Cuz at this point, it's going to be caching Crysis lol

Dec 19, 2007, 06:10 AM	#9
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	have a see here for WS08 64-bit RC just about every bit of the system memory had been used (not by the OS itself), it would not crash.