Re: More Memory ?

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Ken Blake wrote:
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On XP Home Edition I have three slots on a Dell XPST550 with 512 MB
memory installed. I could add two new (256 MB) chips to go to768 MB.
What would I gain in performance?


Maybe nothing, maybe a little, maybe a lot.

How much memory you need when running XP depends on what apps you run,
but almost everyone needs an amount somewhere in the 256-512MB for decent
performance. For some people, for example those who edit large
photographic images, more than 512MB--even much more--can be required for
good performance.
If you are currently using the page file significantly, more memory will
decrease or eliminate that usage, and improve your performance. If you
are not using the page file significantly, more memory will do nothing
for you.

Go to http://billsway.com/notes%5Fpublic/winxp%5Ftweaks/ and download
WinXP-2K_Pagefile.zip and monitor your page file usage. That should give
you a good idea of whether more memory can help, and if so, how much
more.




If one determines that their page file usage is excessive. What is the
solution?


"Excessive" is a strange word for it, but, as I said, if the amount of
usage is significant (more than a very small number), adding more RAM will
eliminate or reduce it.

However, be very careful not to mix up page file usage with page file
allocation. It's *usage* that hurts performance, not allocation. Having a
big page file doesn't hurt you unless you are actively using it. Run the
program I recommended above to determine actual usage, not allocation.


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