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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 day agoIf that was the case I wouldn’t have 4GB of idle ram just sitting in my PC. There is no unloading to swap when 50% of available ram is unused.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-26 hours agoyou did notice the person you are replying to is using linux, right? they are correct, 16gb goes a loooooong way in linux. I know begause I too have 16 on my work and gaming rig and ram has never been a bottleneck your comments sound like typical windows experience
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoBecause windows caches aggressively.
If that was the case I wouldn’t have 4GB of idle ram just sitting in my PC. There is no unloading to swap when 50% of available ram is unused.
you did notice the person you are replying to is using linux, right?
they are correct, 16gb goes a loooooong way in linux. I know begause I too have 16 on my work and gaming rig and ram has never been a bottleneck
your comments sound like typical windows experience
Because windows caches aggressively.