Some programs will cause large numbers of page faults no matter how much RAM is in the system. Spybot's TeaTimer.exe is one example of that. You can't rely on that number alone to indicate a performance issue.
And Staples will take anything back within 14 days for any reason, even if you opened/used it. So if it doesn't make a discernible difference, you can get your money back. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Ram for Win2k (293144 + 260648) < (523760 / 2) Since the above is not true, I guess I wasted my money. I will file the receipt just in case I have problems. Unfortunately the local staples was out of stock so I ordered it at the store, and it will be a week before I can try it. Looking at Jim B's criteria, I don't have much for Mem Delta or PF Delta,. but I have some large numbers for page faults. Mem Usage is 241420K/1276296K. I'm not sure what it all means, but I'm guessing that page faults aren't good or they wouldn't be faults and using VM is slower than ram. > Do this while your system is up and running the things you > normally keep running all the time: > > 1. Start/Run "taskmgr" OK > 2. Click on the Performance tab > 3. Look under Physical Memory for Total, Available, and System > cache. > > If (System cache + Available) < (Total / 2) , then you will > probably see some improvement. > > And since you caused me to go check out the on-sale memory, I'll > just say that while it's probably OK for your XP2200+ > requirements, I won't buy PNY memory any more. I had one go bad > and had to wait more than a month for warranty replacement. Plus > PNY requires a copy of the original receipt to honor their > lifetime warranty, not the case with Kingston (at least not the > last time I had to return one, a couple years ago). > > Carl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mike Miller Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:38 PM > To: [email protected] Subject: Ram for Win2k > > I have 512 MB ram in this Win2k machine. Will I see any > improvement by adding another 512 MB? I ask because Staples has > 512 MB for $45 after rebate. > > Biostar M7NCD Pro, AMD XP2200 -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
