Re: "ideal" paging file size


xfile wrote:
> [B]Dear all,
>
> Thank you very much for the kind inputs, and I have learned so many
> about
> the usage of memory.
>
> The initial reason to upgrade the physical memory from 512MB to 1GB
> (although I kept one 256MB )is due to the recent use of image
> applications
> (such as Adobe Photoshop) at the same time when using several other
> applications, such as office, FP 2003, Outlook, and so on, and the
> system is
> a bit of too slow when I switched back and forth between different
> applications.
>
> I read through both the suggested articles and all of your
> suggestions, so I
> guess the current action for me is to - keep it intact. What I can
> do is to
> "monitor" and "record" the usage of the page file and see if I need
> further
> adjustment.
>
> In addition, I guess Windows will always use physical memory first
> and will
> not use page file unless it has to - correct me if I was wrong. So
> the
> assumption of using a larger paging file size will result in a
> slower
> performance is another fallacy.
>
> I have one additional question for which I will post to the hardware
> group
> as well (since it's more hardware-related), but would appreciate if
> anyone
> could also advise:
>
> Any adverse effects for mixing DRAM with different speed? The new
> DRAM is a
> 400MHZ 1GB and the old one is 333MHZ 256MB. I just wish to make the
> best
> use of everything so I decided to keep one of the 333MHZ 256MB along
> with
> the new 400MHZ 1GB.
>
> Many thanks for all the kind advises from all of you.
>
>
> If you are using 333 with 400, both banks are going to run at 333. I
> assume you know that though. I would suggest removing the 333 and run
> on just the 1Gb bank and see if you get a performance increase. I
> would think you would see one.
>
> Lat'r
>
> Dragunov



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