Virtual Memory

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  1. Posts : 50
    Windows 7 Ultimate x86 & x64
       #1

    Virtual Memory


    Hey guys,
    ok so i have 3gb ram, 250gb hdd, intel core 2 duo p8400 @ 2.26ghz

    so i was wondering about my virtual memory

    how much do you suggest that i set it to?
    what different will it make?

    THANKS IN ADVANCE!
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    Uh-oh. Let the games begin. Put on your sheepskin chaps and take a deep seat.

    You may as well have asked about Intel/AMD, Apple/Microsoft, single or multiple partitions, or infidel/believer.

    I have seen threads on this run to hundreds of posts, without a single mind being changed.

    Do what you want, but don't explain it publicly--you'd only be begging for it.
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  3. Posts : 1,039
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 (Build 6.1.7601)
       #3

    Set it to automatic allocate space for Virtual Memory.
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  4. Posts : 1,470
    Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
       #4

    ignatzatsonic said:
    Uh-oh. Let the games begin. Put on your sheepskin chaps and take a deep seat.

    You may as well have asked about Intel/AMD, Apple/Microsoft, single or multiple partitions, or infidel/believer.

    I have seen threads on this run to hundreds of posts, without a single mind being changed.

    Do what you want, but don't explain it publicly--you'd only be begging for it.
    lol thats pretty true. you will hear a lot of answers, i say either leave it alone or set it it 2xram, unless you shrink it significantly your not going to have a noticeable penalty, and if you make it to large it's not going to take advantage of the extra space.
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  5. Posts : 8,375
    W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
       #5

    That will depend mainly on what you are doing. Some will disable that entirely for gaming purposes while others will set it up for seeing the paging file on a separate partition or drive. For the novice or basic setup the "Let Windows manage" option is default.

    Typically a paging file is custom set to 1 1/2 times the amount of physical memory installed on the system itself for the 64bit Windows while the 32bit will likely see a higher recommendation right in the Virtual Memory properties screen there. That can be upto 2 1/2 times with the 32bit Windows.
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  6. Posts : 845
    Windows 7 - Vista
       #6

    Agreed. Set it to "system managed".

    If you want to see the real virtual memory usage figures, download the attached zip file, extract the batch script and save to Desktop. RIGHT-click on batch file icon, select "Run as Administrator". An IE8 screen will open with results.

    Look at 2nd row "current usage" & "peak usage" - the figures are in MB and represent actual virtual memory usage. Keep in mind that some apps like SysInternals ProcMon write to the page file, so peak usage would appear extremely high if such an app utilized.

    Regards. . .

    jcgriff2

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    Last edited by jcgriff2; 30 Apr 2010 at 19:59.
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  7. Posts : 551
    XP Pro/Vista Ultimate (64)/Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition(64)
       #7

    + 1 for "System Managed"
    Although my page file is set to a separate drive, it is set to system managed.
    I've seen too many pc's that have had "low system memory" errors from people setting unnecessary values
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #8

    Just leave it alone. Why do people always want to outsmart the thousands of MS developers that have been pondering about those problems for years. Only chaps that know more than e.g. Mark Russinovich would qualify.
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  9. Posts : 845
    Windows 7 - Vista
       #9

    Orpheous said:
    + 1 for "System Managed"
    Although my page file is set to a separate drive, it is set to system managed.
    I've seen too many pc's that have had "low system memory" errors from people setting unnecessary values
    A page file on a seperate drive/ partition will prevent BSODs from producing kernel (full or mini) memory dumps.


    whs said:
    Just leave it alone. Why do people always want to outsmart the thousands of MS developers that have been pondering about those problems for years. Only chaps that know more than e.g. Mark Russinovich would qualify.
    I don't believe there is or could be any such person!

    I think Mark Russinovich will be the CEO of Microsoft in the near future.

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  10. Posts : 551
    XP Pro/Vista Ultimate (64)/Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition(64)
       #10

    jcgriff2 said:
    Orpheous said:
    + 1 for "System Managed"
    Although my page file is set to a separate drive, it is set to system managed.
    I've seen too many pc's that have had "low system memory" errors from people setting unnecessary values
    A page file on a seperate drive/ partition will prevent BSODs from producing kernel (full or mini) memory dumps.


    whs said:
    Just leave it alone. Why do people always want to outsmart the thousands of MS developers that have been pondering about those problems for years. Only chaps that know more than e.g. Mark Russinovich would qualify.
    I don't believe there is or could be any such person!

    I think Mark Russinovich will be the CEO of Microsoft in the near future.

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    Hey, thanks for that info! I guess I've been pretty lucky so far (touch wood), the only BSOD I've had on our home pc's in the last 2 or 3 years was yesterday, while installing a tv tuner card... new drivers fixed the problem in about 10 minutes.
    I'll be changing page file location back to default on the 2 that have been changed though, just to be safe.
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