Virtual Memory Is Low Windows Xp
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:47:37 +0000
I have never seen a "system recommended size" at 2.5X RAM size. Sounds a bit
high to me. For example, I have 4GB installed with 3.25GB recognized. My
system recommended size is 4989MB, and my currently allocated size 3326MB,
which coincidentally(?) is almost the same as my recognized installed RAM
(3.25x1024=3328).
Back in the Win95 through ME days, the popular manual setting was 2 times
installed RAM plus 10. Have no idea what the 10 was for- guess it just
looked good. Since the advent of Win2k and subsequent OS's, I have seen no
advantage at using anything other than System Managed. We experimented at
work for a while on some high-end HP workstations running I-deas CAD/CAM and
found no difference whatsoever in speed, stability, save time, access time,
etc. by using manual or system managed settings. And believe me, these were
engineers that would call up to complain that it took 11 seconds to open a
web page instead of the usual 9.5, and when was I going to fix it? So I am
sure I would have heard of anything that affected their work habits. This
was first on Windows 2000 and then on WinXP Pro. We never did graduate to
Vista.
I think with the faster CPU's, RAM, and HDD's, system managed is the way to
go. Just "set it and forget it." If you add or subtract RAM, great. The
system still knows what to do and adjusts accordingly.
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SC Tom
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