Re: Pagefile, why so large despite available memory?
- From: "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 00:48:37 -0500
Pradip wrote:
I just upgraded to full 4GB memory in my machine. After bootup the
system finds 3.3 GB, and I understand what is happening here. With
very little else running, I have 2.4 GB physical RAM available.
However, the pagefile (commit charge) is still 780 MB. Wondering why
windows is leaving the physical memory available and using pagefile
instead? Please enlighten. Thanks.
First of all, if you have lots of memory, you will hardly be using the
pagefile. This is good; RAM is always faster!
If you have 2.4 GB of RAM available, then I assume you're using only .9
GB. Sounds like you have way more than enough! You shouldn't need to
rely on the pagefile at all.
You need to provide better figures. Open Task Manager. Click on the
Performance tab. Look in the bottom left-hand corner where it says
Commit Charge (K). What are the values for Total, Limit, and Peak?
And how do you have Virtual Memory configured?
Right-click on My computer and select Properties. Go to the Advanced tab
and click on Settings (under Performance). Change to Advanced, hit
Change and select the target drive for your virtual memory file.
Which is selected: Custom or System managed size? If Custom, what is the
initial size and what is the maximum size?
Usually, System managed is just fine. If you prefer to read up more and
customize it properly (although the end result may very well be the
same!), see "Virtual Memory in Windows XP":
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
.
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