Re: RAM
From: Al Dykes (adykes_at_panix.com)
Date: 04/25/04
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Date: 25 Apr 2004 09:56:24 -0400
In article <i3zic.8688$gH6.7500@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
R. McCarty <PCEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>
Agreed with the above points, but the OP asked a different question;
Should he buy more memory for a system that may have enough memory as
it is.
He may find, based on experimentation that 512MB isn't enough. Without
measurement he might buy a simm and wind up throwing it out make room
for a bigger one.
>"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."
>
>
-- Al Dykes ----------- adykes at p a n i x . c o m
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