--- In [email protected], "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rixey, > > >> ram and virtual memory should be fine tuned. I just don't know what the > >> balance should be. I think that just bumping ram up to a Gig would only > >> make > >> a difference if someone fine tuned the virtual ram. > > > > > Isn't virtual ram used when you don't have enough ram to begin with so > > that having plenty of ram > > would minimize the use of virtual ram. > > That's how it should work, but my experiences, partly inferred, is that > virtual memory is often used when there is plenty of ram. I first came to > this conclusion when I got a computer with 1 G or ram. I looked at one of > those analyze programs that told hou much ram was in use vs the amount of > virtual memory. I found that virtual, and thus slower, memry was being used > in large quantities and real ram only a small percent of the total ram. > Jim
Jim There is some correlation between the level that you can set virtual memory at, and the amount of RAM you have installed. Most people recommend that you set Virtual Memory at 2 or 3 times the amount of RAM you have installed. A lot of people, even self appointed experts, mistakenly say that Windows uses primary memory first, but my personal experience has shown that a mix of memory is used. The level you want to achieve is where you seldom, or never, get the warning message that virtual memory is low and windows will increase (or whatever) the amount of virtual memory. This really slows down your PC. You can be sitting there with 500mb of RAM unused it makes no difference. Read my next post the subject may be a better use of your RAM. Paris ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
