Question about virtual memory setting and how much to use

From: Leeharveyoswald (Leeharveyoswald2005_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/29/05 

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:28:42 -0500

Hello there, I have read off of Sandra2005 that virtual memory should be set
for 2.5 times the amount of memory you have. Now, i read a question off of
Microsoft's quiz and they asked about the performance and what is optimal if
you have more than one drive. I have 3 hardrives and i have each set at
2.5times teh amount of ram i have, which is 3072 because i have 2gb of
physical ram. Now, each should have it right? I do not have xp 32bit
installed on my 36gb raptor, so should i disable paging file on that drive?
And then only have virtual memory on my ide which has my x64 on it and my
74gb raptor which has the 32bit xp on it? Thanks in advance

3200+ winchester athlon64
Abit AV8 3rd eye K8T800pro
4 x 512 pc3200 kingston ram dual channeled on board
36gb raptor 10,000rpm hd
74gb raptor 10,000rpm hd
250gb caviar 7200rpm 8mb cache hd
9550se 128mb radeon
TDK 12x DVDRW
Liteon 16xDVDROM
Foxconn diabolic case with 400w powersupply
Xp professional edition
x64 xp professional edition eval. v1218

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