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Name: carlozulueta Date: September 11, 2005 at 09:45:49 Pacific OS: Win Xp Pro SP1 CPU/Ram: Celeron D 2.4 2x 512 Pc27
Comment:
Which is better?
system manage virtual memory or Manual?
AsRock P4I45Gv Intel Chipsets Celeron D 2.40 Ghz DDR333 512mb ram 40GB HDD Western Digital Geforce FX 256MB/128bit
Name: StuartS Date: September 11, 2005 at 09:59:13 Pacific
Reply:
On a Windows XP System Managed.
Unless you have a thorough understanding of how virtual memory works and how it is used, leave manual settings alone. It can make things worse as well as make things better in the right circumstances.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: Sabertooth Date: September 11, 2005 at 10:08:40 Pacific
Name: PC Bob Date: September 11, 2005 at 13:22:36 Pacific
Reply:
Also, a stick og 256 Mb is not virtual memory. Virtual memory is HD, as in Hard Drive. Don't mess with those settings. You are just looking for trouble. Windows will likely handle it far better than you can.
Trust me.
Bob
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Response Number 7
Name: ham30 Date: September 11, 2005 at 14:41:33 Pacific
Reply:
"Windows will likely handle it far better than you can. "
No doubt about that.
JC, if you are running out of virtual memory, you probably should add some more RAM. Using virtual memory slows your system down.
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