virtual memory
- Akashio
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virtual memory
How do I increase my virtual memory? I want to dedicate 12-20 gigs of space on my D drive for virtual memory. Can anyone help me?[/img]
- jbone
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- Sub0
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Re: 98 -_-
9x is ez it's xp that gives me the 'bird'... in 9x, left click your 'My Computer' icon, select propertys than the settings (I believe it is) tab, than the virtual memory button... than it's pretty self-explanitary from there... settings don't change until you reset the computer.Akashio wrote:I'm using Win98 and I lost the manual a LONG time ago. The help topics didn't help either, they just screwed it up.
BTW it's NOT recomended too set your virtual mem higher than you use (since I assume your into vid editing, 5x your ram is more than enough! Otherwise 3x is average) or better yet, get yourself a RAM deffrager from downloads.com.... and look into xp while your at it... it really is ALOT better at this stuff... oh! and you'll see a MAX Virtual RAM setting and Min setting, set them both to the same.
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- mofisto
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Well, why you would want to use Virtual Memory I don't know, your much better off buying more memory or going dual CPU. Virtual Memory treats the hard drive as memory. The hard drive is on the order of 10 or more times slower then system RAM. If you are using win98, then you can run into a 2gb file size barrier problem which eliminates a swap file of your size. The hardware setups that I would see having a large swap file would be if you have a RAID controller, and you had it set for stripping and you had UDMA 133 or SCSI hard drives, but even at the fastest with the most tweaked out settings you'll never get a hard drive to mimic memorys speed. Virtual memory is not without its benefits though. I belong to the school of though that Windows piss poorly manages the swap file size, and that the countless file resizes it performs are stupid. I usually set the virtual memory to a RAM size setting for the min and max. Depending on the CPU speed, and amount of availible ram as apposed to total. (I assume win98 will eat 64mb, so anything over that is what I use) And then I usually go with 128mb on a good system, 256mb on a medium system, and 512mb on a piece of crap.
If I where you though, with memory prices I would just buy more memory, or upgrade to a RAID controller, new MB or dual CPUs, virtual memory at best is like having a doodle pad next to you computer when you are typing a paper. Helps with notes, but really isn't needed.
If I where you though, with memory prices I would just buy more memory, or upgrade to a RAID controller, new MB or dual CPUs, virtual memory at best is like having a doodle pad next to you computer when you are typing a paper. Helps with notes, but really isn't needed.
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- klinky
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check out this site:
http://www.pureperformance.com/js/showtip.asp?id=65
should tell you how, and what to set it to.
~klinky
http://www.pureperformance.com/js/showtip.asp?id=65
should tell you how, and what to set it to.
~klinky
- jbone
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mofisto wrote:Well, why you would want to use Virtual Memory I don't know, your much better off buying more memory or going dual CPU. Virtual Memory treats the hard drive as memory. The hard drive is on the order of 10 or more times slower then system RAM. If you are using win98, then you can run into a 2gb file size barrier problem which eliminates a swap file of your size. The hardware setups that I would see having a large swap file would be if you have a RAID controller, and you had it set for stripping and you had UDMA 133 or SCSI hard drives, but even at the fastest with the most tweaked out settings you'll never get a hard drive to mimic memorys speed. Virtual memory is not without its benefits though. I belong to the school of though that Windows piss poorly manages the swap file size, and that the countless file resizes it performs are stupid. I usually set the virtual memory to a RAM size setting for the min and max. Depending on the CPU speed, and amount of availible ram as apposed to total. (I assume win98 will eat 64mb, so anything over that is what I use) And then I usually go with 128mb on a good system, 256mb on a medium system, and 512mb on a piece of crap.
If I where you though, with memory prices I would just buy more memory, or upgrade to a RAID controller, new MB or dual CPUs, virtual memory at best is like having a doodle pad next to you computer when you are typing a paper. Helps with notes, but really isn't needed.
- jbone
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Damn browser choked, let's try this again...
Upgrading one's system is often not an option - especially for people who aren't sure what exactly is inside the mysterious box, and who are afraid to open it.
Also, upgrading to a dual CPU system has NO bearing WHATSOEVER on memory.
Third, just because virtual memory is slower on a single, stand-alone 7200RPM hard drive doesn't mean it's useless. I do all my editing on my P3-733 with 448MB RAM and 50GB total of non-RAID hard disk space. While I wouldn't say I can edit at the speed of light, and while I do notice when virtual memory is being used, it's not like it has <I>as</I> significant an impact on system performance as you make it out to.
Wow, Mofisto, that's an awfully hige load of BS for a question with a very simple answer, and behind which you don't even know the motivation.mofisto wrote:Well, why you would want to use Virtual Memory I don't know, your much better off buying more memory or going dual CPU. Virtual Memory treats the hard drive as memory. The hard drive is on the order of 10 or more times slower then system RAM. If you are using win98, then you can run into a 2gb file size barrier problem which eliminates a swap file of your size. The hardware setups that I would see having a large swap file would be if you have a RAID controller, and you had it set for stripping and you had UDMA 133 or SCSI hard drives, but even at the fastest with the most tweaked out settings you'll never get a hard drive to mimic memorys speed. Virtual memory is not without its benefits though. I belong to the school of though that Windows piss poorly manages the swap file size, and that the countless file resizes it performs are stupid. I usually set the virtual memory to a RAM size setting for the min and max. Depending on the CPU speed, and amount of availible ram as apposed to total. (I assume win98 will eat 64mb, so anything over that is what I use) And then I usually go with 128mb on a good system, 256mb on a medium system, and 512mb on a piece of crap.
If I where you though, with memory prices I would just buy more memory, or upgrade to a RAID controller, new MB or dual CPUs, virtual memory at best is like having a doodle pad next to you computer when you are typing a paper. Helps with notes, but really isn't needed.
Upgrading one's system is often not an option - especially for people who aren't sure what exactly is inside the mysterious box, and who are afraid to open it.
Also, upgrading to a dual CPU system has NO bearing WHATSOEVER on memory.
Third, just because virtual memory is slower on a single, stand-alone 7200RPM hard drive doesn't mean it's useless. I do all my editing on my P3-733 with 448MB RAM and 50GB total of non-RAID hard disk space. While I wouldn't say I can edit at the speed of light, and while I do notice when virtual memory is being used, it's not like it has <I>as</I> significant an impact on system performance as you make it out to.