Re: How much memory?

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:22:04 -0500, "AJR" <ajrjdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One "minor" or (major) point - Windows sets the default page file size to
one and half of installed RAM. Install 3 gigs - default page file size is
4.5 - install 4 gigs - page file size is 6 gig.


I'm not sure what your point is. The default can easily be overridden.

Moreover, for anybody with as much as 3GB of RAM, a 4.5GB page file is
enormous overkill and it should be overridden. The default is
backward--the more RAM you have, the *smaller* the page file should
be.


"M.H." <REMOVEmstTHIScrowTO5429SEND@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
This apples regardless of how much or how little RAM is currently
installed in the computer, at least up to the 4 gb RAM maximum for
Windows XP.

I disagree. Due to hardware memory mapping, 32-bit Windows XP will not be
able to utilize a full 4GB physical memory space. Real world accessible
memory would be about 3-3.4GB of memory, with 4GB of physical memory
installed. I'd recommend not installing more than 3GB of memory in a
32-bit NT-based Windows system.


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