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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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
+ 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
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.
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.