I’m not as tech-savvy and mainly got Framework 16 (Windows 11 Pro) for its sustainability perspective, including long-term use and repairability. I recently (around a month ago) was able to replace the motherboard completely due to problems with one of the connection ports (5 and 6). That was a big win for me.
Now, I’m encountering trouble with my RAM usage. For some reason, the RAM is constantly used at over 70% when the total usage of all processes does not add up to that much (attached pictures). I do data analysis with R Studio coding and was suspicious that it might be the culprit of my RAM demand, but that’s not the case (attached picture).
Additionally, I’m wondering how to configure my computer to use the additional GPU for math calculations. Is it possible?
Any advice on the RAM problems and performance issues will be invaluable. If anyone needs to meet or wants to send a direct message, I’ll be happy to receive any support.
Windows 11 is a bit of a memory hog when you have lots of it to go around. Different from other versions of Windows in the past, it will load up things in memory.
Your R Studio is definitely taking up a chunk of memory in and of itself. Browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) are also culprits for large memory users in the OS.
Conveniently, the operating system is smart enough to know when you are reaching your upper limits and will start swapping things out of active memory usage. The only reason for concern would be if you are hitting the 90%+ mark and any errors are being generated that the system is low or running out of memory.
My workstation at the office regularly has 75% of its 32gb being used and still flies along without delay. You can check your operating system is clean by opening up a powershell or CMD prompt as an Administrator (you might have to right click the icon and select Run as Administrator) and typing:
sfc /scannow
This will perform an integrity check of the system files and repair those needed.
Using your GPU for math calculations should happen automatically if you have software that utilizes the GPU for math. If you are talking about projects like those coordinated by BOINC it would be a matter of downloading and selecting which projects you want your machine to crunch numbers on.
Let us know how things turn out. Congrats on the Framework 16!
