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Hi there,
past few days I have been watching my Laptop performance and I noticed that for some reason my Task Manger does not show all memory usage.
My Laptop has 8 GB of RM and TM shows 33% usage which is ~2.6GB memory usage and some basic math with Windows Calculator shows only ~1.3 GB usage.
Can someone explain me where are the rest 1.3 GB and why there isn't any record of it :?
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Best Regards,
Martin
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Martin
In task manager it lists processes and apps. It does not list things like shared video ram, fast cache, etc. For a more accurate view of ram usage you should use resource monitor. In task manager>performance tab>open resource monitor (or type resmon in search)
Basically Win 8.1 takes about 1/2 of the ram and puts it into fast cache (a good thing) so that when you launch an app it launches faster.
