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Thread ID: 85496	2007-12-12 02:27:00	2G ram on XP	steveroby (9470)	Press F1

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620494	2007-12-12 02:27:00	Hi there. Given the low cost of ram I'm thinking about upgrading from 1G to 2G :just for games(I know it wont help me type Docs any faster :-) I read of one test were going from 1 to 2G on XP actually slowed down the PC perhaps due to XP's poor memory management. Was this just a one off or is this what happens on XP with 2G?? Any other gamers noticed any benefit by going to 2G RAM??	steveroby (9470)
620495	2007-12-12 02:30:00	I think that would be very unusual. Often have XP with 2 gig of RAM, runs like a rocket. 2 gig will help the games along. XPs I/O is shocking, but not that bad!! :p :lol:	wratterus (105)
620496	2007-12-12 03:06:00	I read of one test were going from 1 to 2G on XP actually slowed down the PC perhaps due to XP's poor memory management. It will do this if the virtual memory is not increased when the new RAM is added.	FoxyMX (5)
620497	2007-12-12 03:09:00	Hi there. Given the low cost of ram I'm thinking about upgrading from 1G to 2G :just for games(I know it wont help me type Docs any faster :-) I read of one test were going from 1 to 2G on XP actually slowed down the PC perhaps due to XP's poor memory management. Was this just a one off or is this what happens on XP with 2G?? Any other gamers noticed any benefit by going to 2G RAM?? I am a gamer as well when i have the time!! With 2 gigs or more of ram = no stuttering in games,faster load times,faster respawns. In general pc use snapper response from windows,programes/games install faster.:) I wish when I started off I had allways had 2 gigs of ram its that good,now when I bouild new computers for myself I start of with 2 gigs as a matter of course and upgrade to more when I can. 2 gigs of ram is normal for gamers its a given if your a gamer then you will of course have 2 gigs of ram,if not more.:thumbs: Usually XP gamers have 2 gigs and Vista Gamers have 4 gigs as there OS uses up some of there ram just for there fancy desktop and other stuff!! Ram is good,more the better,power,power,broom,go fast,yeah!!!:D	memphis (2869)
620498	2007-12-12 05:34:00	It will do this if the virtual memory is not increased when the new RAM is added. umm, correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the virtual memory be decreased or turned off completely when you add more RAM as you decrease if not elminate the need to access the Virtual Memory? :confused:	MaXimus (13013)
620499	2007-12-12 06:56:00	Windows 2000, XP and Vista (I think) handle virtual memory differently to pre-Windows 2000. They swap data between RAM and virtual memory when necessary, so as much physical RAM is available as possible.	pcuser42 (130)
620500	2007-12-12 08:15:00	umm, correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the virtual memory be decreased or turned off completely when you add more RAM as you decrease if not elminate the need to access the Virtual Memory? :confused: I remember reading this on Black Vipers website he said any more than 512, you should turn off the page file all together.	radium (8645)
620501	2007-12-12 09:15:00	umm, correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the virtual memory be decreased or turned off completely when you add more RAM as you decrease if not elminate the need to access the Virtual Memory? :confused: with 9x yes. however 2k/xp is a virtual memory OS, its runs everthing out f the virtual memory. that virtual memory is made up of ram and hardrive space. basicly this means the virtual memory needs to be as big as the ram is, tho double the size can be good as it really needs space to swap new files in while retaining the old ones. so when running 2gig ram your running 2-3gig swap file which chews a bit of HD space and also it usually takes the fastest place n the disk so reading other files can be a bit slow than normal. you can turn swap file off but i'm not sure that you can actually get rid of it alltogether.	tweak'e (69)
620502	2007-12-12 21:09:00	[QUOTE=MaXimus;623666]umm, correct me if i'm wrong, but shouldn't the virtual memory be decreased or turned off completely when you add more RAM as you decrease if not elminate the need to access the Virtual Memory? :confused:[/QUOTE Ive had printers not be able to print with the swap file disabled (set to zero), even with allmost 700M RAM free.	steveroby (9470)
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