Re: Am I Memory Poor?
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:36:58 -0700
Xray wrote:
Ken,
Thank you again for your insight. Thanks for putting in so much
time to tell me about memory things. I hope that others may also read
this thread, as it is very useful.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Xray wrote:
Ken,
Thank you very much. Obviously I am learning as I go. I was
imagining having to upgrade to more memory. What would I expect to
see reported if I upgraded to 1 gb of memory?
You're welcome. Glad to help. You'd probably see much the same--very
little free.
Do not expect more memory to automatically improve performance.
That's true only up to a point, and depending on what apps you run,
you may already be past that point with 512MB.
How much you can make effective use of is *not* a one-size-fits-all
situation. You get good performance if the amount of RAM you have
keeps you from using the page file, and that depends on what apps
you run. Most people running a typical range of business
applications find that somewhere around 256-384MB works well, others
need 512MB. Almost anyone will see poor performance with less than
256MB. Some people, particularly those doing things like editing
large photographic images, can see a performance boost by adding
even more than 512MB--sometimes much more. If you are currently using the
page file significantly, more memory
will decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance.
If you are not using the page file significantly, more memory will
do nothing for you. Go to
http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your pagefile usage. That should
give you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how
much more. --
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Xray wrote:
I have a 3 year old Dell Dimension 6400 with 512 mb of ram. I am
running a memory monitor that I just found on Yahoo Widgets. It
often reports that I have between 15% and 30% memory available. Am
I in a position where things are slowing down because of it?
No. That's no problem at all.
Wanting to minimize the amount of memory Windows uses is a
counterproductive desire. Windows is designed to use all, or nearly
all, of your memory, all the time, and that's good not bad. Free
memory is wasted memory. You paid for it all and shouldn't want to
see any of it wasted.
Windows works hard to find a use for all the memory you have all
the time. For example if your apps don't need some of it, it will
use that part for caching, then give it back when your apps later
need it. In this way Windows keeps all your memory working for you
all the time. --
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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