Re: RAM

From: R. McCarty (PCEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:17:34 GMT

Adding more & more Ram, will never completely stop XP
from paging to the Swapfile. My system has 1.0 Gigabytes
of physical Ram. With no applications running and the normal
27 services running, Pagefile use stays around 25 Megabytes
out of a minimum 128 Megabyte pagefile. Certainly, adding
more memory can help, but sometimes it is more beneficial to
check startups/watchdogs and unnecessary services from
loading. Currently, I recommend that anyone purchasing a
new desktop consider nothing less than 512 Megabytes.

"Ron Martell" <ron@onlinehelp.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:e9bl80d6uapho953bohnohme5p9e6chc8r@4ax.com...
> "Tim" <Tim@XHemplemans.com> wrote:
>
>>I got 256 PC133 to get it running. Do I want to add 256 or collect more
>>cans
>>and add 512 to xp pro?
>>
>
> The proper amount of RAM for Windows XP is whatever it takes to reduce
> the actual usage of the page file to zero or close to it. Actual
> usage means the movement of active memory pages from RAM to the page
> file so as to allow that RAM to be used for other, currently more
> important, tasks.
>
> Unfortunately Windows XP does not contain a reporting tool that
> reports this actual usage in a meaningful way. MVP Bill James has
> developed a utility that provides this information. I can be
> downloaded from http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_pagefilemon.htm or
> from http://billsway.com/notes_public/WinXP_Tweaks/
>
> If that reports actual page file usage as 50 mb or more on a regular
> basis then this is indicative of significant actual paging activity,
> and in that circumstance adding more RAM will reduce or perhaps
> eliminate the paging activity thereby improving overall performance.
>
>
> For many users a total of 512 mb of RAM is quite adequate, especially
> if they do not have a large number of applications open at the same
> time and/or if they do not work with huge data files or other memory
> intensive activities.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

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