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What windows utility can you use to help decide if the system needs more ram?
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∙ 14y ago
The amount of RAM you require depend on several things; and in my opinion the most important one is what you do with your computer. Of course, newer Operating Systems (like windows 7 or Vista) require more RAM to operate their kernel than the older OS (like XP). Other than that, it depends of how much multitasking (running several programs at the same time) you do and what programs you use (usually programs with using higher multimedia or graphic capacity require more RAM).
However, don't bother to have more than 4 GB RAM, unless you are using a 64-bit OS.
As far as utilities go, I'm not sure if there is one actually deciding whether you need more RAM; but I've used several versions of free RAM which is a program monitoring the amount of RAM you are using and freeing it when necessary. Since it constantly monitors RAM usage, it can also be used to decide whether you need more RAM. Simply download and run the program, and if you are using most of your RAM most of the time, you might consider upgrading.
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