Dokken Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi, I have Winxp Home and i have 256mb ram. When you go to the 'Custom' setting on virtual memory, what should the initial and the maximum size be set on? I have like 34 processes running. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agumon Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 a simple rule is to set it to about 1.5x the amount of your RAM (that will be 768MB)... that will be good enough... but you can set it higher if you want to... a better way to optimize is to set your initial and the maximum size to the same (static)... that is 768MB for both inital and maximum... to further improve its performance, set the paging file to another physical HDD... NOT a partition of the boot disk... setting it to a partition of the boot disk will decrease the performance... --==aGumon==-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 You have 34 processes running when Windows starts and nothing is running? 34 is many processes. I think that you should clean your computer. Disable unnescesary services. Remove unused applications, etc. The lesser icon in the systray, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Cleaning is always a good idea, but 34 processes is not out of line. Agumon's suggestion is dead on the money! If you are after better performance, more ram is what you need. I went from 256 to 512, and sure enough, it was about twice as efficient! If it isn't broke, tweak it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokken Posted November 11, 2005 Author Share Posted November 11, 2005 Ok, i will set it at 768mb and see if i can disable some programs. If that doesn't help, then i will get more ram. Thank you all for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard382 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 if you are looing for good ram at a fair price go to newegg.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobrakommander56 Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Vanguard is addicted to newegg.com Insert random C4 joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard382 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 am not..... i just like it alot!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 12, 2005 Moderators Share Posted November 12, 2005 256 MB Ram on an XP system is half of what is recommended and what most computer manufacturers ship as default. However I'd recommend at least 1 GB of Ram if your system will support that much, that is after you run your virtual memory test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobrakommander56 Posted November 13, 2005 Share Posted November 13, 2005 i had 256 on my old comp and it was always saying "raising virtual memory", i would get a gig, best thing to do. Insert random C4 joke here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokken Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 Ok, i got more ram now 512 so far the computer is running smoothly! Sorry Vanguard382, i bought the ram already. If i came here earlier i would've tried that website, but thank you all again for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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