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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Optimal memory for windows vista

Windows vista is a resource hungry Windows especially in terms of memory. With the memory devices becoming cheaper and prices are continuously falling for hard disks and rams, it is easier to upgrade your system memory and run windows vista

Hard disk memory requirements
The optimal permanent storage or hard disk memory requirements for windows vista is at least 20 GB. Windows vista, itself will take up to 5 GB hard disk space but you need page file as well. Consider this formula to detect the size of page file. (Your memory X 1.5) + 100. Let us suppose that you have a memory module of 500 MB then the optimal size of your page will be (500 X 1.5) +100 = 850 MB. It means you will need 5 GB + 850 MB = 5.9 GB optimal hard disk memory to run windows vista. An urban myth says half of your C drive should be empty for optimal Windows Vista performance, so you reach 12 GB. But you did not yet add all the programs in it. So add them and you get somewhere between 20 GB – 30 GB. It means, make your primary partition of 20 – 30 GB at least.

RAM requirements
Windows Vista has a lot of processes going on through it. All of the processes reside in the RAM and utilize this volatile memory to achieve optimal Windows Vista performance. If you are need a normal usage, at least 1. 5 GB memory is required. You can get a 1 GB memory module and a 512 MB memory module to run Windows Vista. To be on the safe side, get at least 2 GB memory if you want Vista to run at smooth speed with different office and business applications.

Graphics requirements
Windows Vista uses a heavy graphics interface called Aero Interface. If you disable it, you take the fun out but in order to run it at a good speed, you must have a graphics accelerator device. Most motherboards have now built in graphics accelerator devices but if you are using an older board, I suggest you get a GPU. You can even use a second hand GPU which is in the 30$ range or even less. A 128 MB memory GPU will be enough for you. For more information about graphics memory, you can visit the following article

How to run Windows Vista at Optimum speed in 80$

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