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How do I know when to upgrade RAM in Vista?

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Task Manager: XP on the left, Vista on the right. On XP, I would check to see if Peak Commit Charge was approaching Total Physical Memory. When Peak exceeded Total during normal usage, the page file gets hit harder and performance degrades. I would know to recommend a RAM upgrade. As Jeff explains,…

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When you can afford it, buy it. You always need more memory, especially in Vista.

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