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Is it possible to have no virtual memory ?
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:10 am
by Kazer
Is it possible to have so much ram that you wouldn't need virtual memory enabled on you harddrive while playing games ??
If so then how much ram would I need ? If not then..oh well, hehe
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:36 am
by DocSilly
It would work, but some applications will plain refuse to work without a swap/pagefile.
The best approach to virtual memory is a set size, like 300MB min/max, this way you prevent additional fragmentation from changing swapfile size.
I suggest around 256-384MB for Win9x or 384-512MB (or more
) for Win2000/XP. This should keep most games in RAM only.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 12:54 am
by Kazer
Darn, hehe. I was gonna go out and buy 4 sticks of 512MB DDR ram. Oh well, at least it's cheaper.
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2002 4:58 pm
by Zak33
Don't think Winblows would like to have no room to move its extra Furniture into......
I know Mr Gates carries a lot of baggage, but damn it, that swap file is huge some times, even with my 512 mb CAS 2 PC133 to put his Sofa bed on!!!!!
why did he come to stay?