Virtual Memory

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Confused

Hi

Given that XP uses 32-bit addressing, does that mean that if you have
2GB of RAM you can disable Virtual Memory? If so, is there likely to
be any noticeable boost to performance?

Thanks
 
Confused said:
Hi

Given that XP uses 32-bit addressing, does that mean that if you have
2GB of RAM you can disable Virtual Memory? If so, is there likely to
be any noticeable boost to performance?

Thanks
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Probably not, but you can try if it did work let us know if it didn't
reverse back to the default settings.
HTH.
nass
 
Given that XP uses 32-bit addressing, does that mean that if you have
2GB of RAM you can disable Virtual Memory?
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Can? Yes.

Should? No.

You should *never* disable the Page File, no matter how much RAM you
have. Windows preallocates memory to the Page File in anticipation of
possibly needing to use it. If you disable the Page File, those
allocations necessarily get made to real memory instead, and the
result is that you can never use that part of your RAM.

If so, is there likely to
be any noticeable boost to performance?
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No. There is no possible benefit to disabling it. If it's not needed,
it won't be used. Disabling it can only hurt you, and never help.
 
Confused said:
Hi

Given that XP uses 32-bit addressing, does that mean that if you have
2GB of RAM you can disable Virtual Memory? If so, is there likely to
be any noticeable boost to performance?
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No matter how much memory you have let the system manage the page file size.
If you disable the page file completely it may actually degrade your
performance, even with 2GB RAM installed. If you want to manually set the
page file size, in your case I would start by setting it to be 2GB.
 
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