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Dowly · 10-19-06, 11:39 AM

By changing the RAM settings, do you refer to the page file thing? The virtual memory? Someone said to me once that the virtual memory should be three times the amount of RAM you have. I dont know how it is, if you have 3Gb of RAM.

fredbass · 10-19-06, 11:40 AM

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Thanks fredbass, I just now found it doing a search

No problem. I was new once b4, so I'm glad I could help.

NefariousKoel · 10-19-06, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

By changing the RAM settings, do you refer to the page file thing? The virtual memory? Someone said to me once that the virtual memory should be three times the amount of RAM you have. I dont know how it is, if you have 3Gb of RAM.

It's the Virtual Memory. It will be controlled by Windows as default, so if you haven't changed it, you won't need to. You might look and see how much hard drive space is alotted for it, however, as you may want to up it.

Dowly · 10-19-06, 12:37 PM

@NefariousKoel:

Yea, I´ve it tweaked to my liking.

AVGWarhawk · 10-19-06, 01:54 PM

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@NefariousKoel:

Yea, I´ve it tweaked to my liking.

If it runs into a problem switch it back. I was getting memory low blah blah. I returned it to the original state and was good to go. I suspect I put in the wrong values or that movie download from the naughty site was the cause

SteamWake · 10-19-06, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

that movie download from the naughty site was the cause

What no linkage ??? :p

AVGWarhawk · 10-19-06, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

that movie download from the naughty site was the cause

What no linkage ??? :p

Sorry, I had over extended my credit card on the site and now I'm banned indefinitly

God I hate the navy dude picture he looks like he should be in a bar called the Blue Oyster. I going to keep posting until he disappears!

P_Funk · 10-19-06, 09:08 PM

I find the default Page File size to be inadequate. I have mine at at least 1200 and put it around 2000 sometimes after a reinstall.

The other thing about the Page File is that its best to change it's size right after a fresh reformat and install. The reason for this is that constant use causes lots of drive fragmentation. After a reformat the drive is like one big hunk of unused memory so the page file will then once created and enlarged be closer together and closer to the beginning of the drive. This means it will be accessed much faster and wont be fragmented. This improves performance. And a bigger Page File makes for more headroom when running memory demanding programs like SH3. Running out of PF space is gonna make your progs crash.

WhiteW0lf · 10-19-06, 11:40 PM

Update that video card my friend, then get yourself a red lightbulb, yes I have a red light lamp on my desk

10-19-06, 09:08 PM	#23
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	I find the default Page File size to be inadequate. I have mine at at least 1200 and put it around 2000 sometimes after a reinstall. The other thing about the Page File is that its best to change it's size right after a fresh reformat and install. The reason for this is that constant use causes lots of drive fragmentation. After a reformat the drive is like one big hunk of unused memory so the page file will then once created and enlarged be closer together and closer to the beginning of the drive. This means it will be accessed much faster and wont be fragmented. This improves performance. And a bigger Page File makes for more headroom when running memory demanding programs like SH3. Running out of PF space is gonna make your progs crash. __________________

10-19-06, 11:39 AM	#16
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	By changing the RAM settings, do you refer to the page file thing? The virtual memory? Someone said to me once that the virtual memory should be three times the amount of RAM you have. I dont know how it is, if you have 3Gb of RAM.

10-19-06, 12:37 PM	#19
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	@NefariousKoel: Yea, I´ve it tweaked to my liking.

10-19-06, 11:40 PM	#24
WhiteW0lf Loader Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cyprus Posts: 82 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Update that video card my friend, then get yourself a red lightbulb, yes I have a red light lamp on my desk