Ok, I Got Halo 2 this past Saturday.. Before i Installed it i supposedly had 897 MB of RAM on my computer...But the strange thing is...After Installation..I STill Had The Same Amount Of RAM 897MB, and it is installed, I checked. Why didnt My RAM Go Down?
2007-06-27 11:55:56 · 7 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Ram isn't your storage area, it's the memory used to run progs and system stuff. Your progs are stored on your hard drive. Go to 'my computer' and check your 'c' drive.
2007-06-27 12:00:29 · answer #1 · answered by Jock S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RAM Doesn't change due to games being installed, RAM is virtual memory, for example, if you load up a game, the speed of the loading depends on the RAM you have.
If you install a game, your harddrive space will be used up, maybe you were thinking of 8.97 Gig?
Well anyway, RAM doesnt change when things are installed / deleted, thats your harddrive.
Jim
2007-06-27 19:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
installing stuff dose not make your ram go down as ram is not used for that ram is used for this
the game will use some of your ram when you play it as all programs on windows use ram from msn to music but when the open file/application is closed the ram go's back to what it was
eg if you have 512mb of ram and halo needs 200 then when halo is open it will use 200 and u will have 315 left but as soon as you close halo it will go back up to 512
2007-06-27 19:01:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your RAM didn't go down because the game is not installed to RAM - it is installed to your hard drive.
I believe you are confusing the difference between Random Access Memory - which is temporary and permanent memory - written to your hard drive.
2007-06-27 19:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by sosguy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because programs are installed to the hard drive not memory. if u have 897mb of memory upgrade now to at least 1gb or 2gb 4 gaming
2007-06-27 18:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
insalling more shold make ram go up not down.
2007-06-27 18:59:45 · answer #6 · answered by mrtazzone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think its supposed to go down!!
2007-06-27 19:00:06 · answer #7 · answered by hot N cold 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋