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Windows 11 is now ‘up to 40 percent faster’ on PCs with 8GB of RAM

November 3, 2026 Tom Warren

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Microsoft has been doing a lot of work to improve memory usage and increase performance on Windows 11 PCs over the past year. Last month the company revealed Windows 11 is now "more responsive" and runs better on PCs with 8GB of RAM, and now the company is releasing a new update today that includes further memory improvements.

"On 8 GB PCs, Windows is now up to 20 percent more responsive, and multitasking is up to 40 percent faster in our lab test," says Windows chief Pavan Davuluri. One of the key ways Microsoft has achieved better performance on PCs with 8GB of RAM is through compression.

"As a result, Windows can now keep up to 2 GB mor …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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