Virtual RAM?

Liam · 10-13-2006, 11:11 PM

My RAM is really low and I can't buy any more, my friend told me about a program that dedicates HDD space to RAM- anyone know where I can get it?

holyjunk · 10-13-2006, 11:27 PM

In the control panel go to performance and maintence then system button. (That is if you are in catergory view, if not then just click system button) Go to advanced tab and click performance settings. Go to advanced tab there and click change. You can set it so it is system managed or you can speicifty your own. Now that we are through that let me explain one thing. You aren't really going to notice a difference. Virtual "ram" is much much slower then regular ram and you won't notice much of a differance.

PC eye · 10-13-2006, 11:34 PM

It's called Windows and all you have to do there is increase the size of the page file for virtual memory. By right clicking on the MyComputer icon and choosing system properties you look for the advanced tab there. The top button found in the advanced section is for the performance settings. Once you have opened the performance options go to the center advanced tab and look at the chande button on the bottom under the virtual memory section. That will open to the next screen where you choose to increase the size of the page file, allow it to be managed by the system, or disable it completely. The file should be at least twice as large as the physical memory installed on the system.

gamerman4 · 10-14-2006, 03:30 AM

Be warned though, this is by FAR no replacement for RAM. A hard drive is one of the slowest components in a computer and is no match for the speed of RAM. I recommend saving up for some more RAM because a huge page file (virtual RAM) really doesnt do much for performance unless you have it set way too low. Just because I have a 250GB HDD I set off a seperate 4GB partition for a page file (4096MB is the largest page file possible) and didnt really benefit from it but my upgrade from 512MB to 1GB of RAM helped quite a bit.

PC eye · 10-14-2006, 06:07 AM

There are other things that can be done to help improve overall system performance until you are able to buy and add more memory to the system. One of the best tools is to reduce the number of things that load along with Windows. That will free up some memory to run your programs. You simply type msconfig at the Run prompt and press enter to run the utility. Once that screen comes up you go over to the last tab on the right the startup group and uncheck any unnecessary items. That will take effect after the intial restart of the system.

holyjunk · 10-14-2006, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PC eye

It's called Windows and all you have to do there is increase the size of the page file for virtual memory. By right clicking on the MyComputer icon and choosing system properties you look for the advanced tab there. The top button found in the advanced section is for the performance settings. Once you have opened the performance options go to the center advanced tab and look at the chande button on the bottom under the virtual memory section. That will open to the next screen where you choose to increase the size of the page file, allow it to be managed by the system, or disable it completely. The file should be at least twice as large as the physical memory installed on the system.

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Originally Posted by holyjunk125

In the control panel go to performance and maintence then system button. (That is if you are in catergory view, if not then just click system button) Go to advanced tab and click performance settings. Go to advanced tab there and click change. You can set it so it is system managed or you can speicifty your own. Now that we are through that let me explain one thing. You aren't really going to notice a difference. Virtual "ram" is much much slower then regular ram and you won't notice much of a differance.

Did I just not explain that? Though sure it might have been different words.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamerman4

Be warned though, this is by FAR no replacement for RAM. A hard drive is one of the slowest components in a computer and is no match for the speed of RAM. I recommend saving up for some more RAM because a huge page file (virtual RAM) really doesnt do much for performance unless you have it set way too low. Just because I have a 250GB HDD I set off a seperate 4GB partition for a page file (4096MB is the largest page file possible) and didnt really benefit from it but my upgrade from 512MB to 1GB of RAM helped quite a bit.

PC eye · 10-14-2006, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holyjunk125

Did I just not explain that? Though sure it might have been different words.

If you had bothered to notice that post was already in progress when you made your first response.

You should also taken note that there was a second response that you seemed to have missed.

that explains to some degree other steps to increase overall system performance when additional memory can not be added at the time.

gamerman4 · 10-14-2006, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holyjunk125

Did I just not explain that? Though sure it might have been different words.

I'm like to explain "why" rather than just tell them "what". You said he wont notice a difference, I merely explained why and gave an example.

10-13-2006, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Liam Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: United Kingdom- Manchester. Posts: 132	Virtual RAM? My RAM is really low and I can't buy any more, my friend told me about a program that dedicates HDD space to RAM- anyone know where I can get it?

10-13-2006, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	In the control panel go to performance and maintence then system button. (That is if you are in catergory view, if not then just click system button) Go to advanced tab and click performance settings. Go to advanced tab there and click change. You can set it so it is system managed or you can speicifty your own. Now that we are through that let me explain one thing. You aren't really going to notice a difference. Virtual "ram" is much much slower then regular ram and you won't notice much of a differance. __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

10-14-2006, 03:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
gamerman4 Platinum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkansas Age: 18 Posts: 993	Be warned though, this is by FAR no replacement for RAM. A hard drive is one of the slowest components in a computer and is no match for the speed of RAM. I recommend saving up for some more RAM because a huge page file (virtual RAM) really doesnt do much for performance unless you have it set way too low. Just because I have a 250GB HDD I set off a seperate 4GB partition for a page file (4096MB is the largest page file possible) and didnt really benefit from it but my upgrade from 512MB to 1GB of RAM helped quite a bit. __________________ My Gaming PC: NZXT Nemesis Elite Black Case Intel Q6600 @ 3.20 Ghz COOLER MASTER RL-EUL-GBU1-GP Watercooling Gigabyte DS3R 2 x 80GB HDD 1 x 250GB 1 x 500GB 2 x 1GB Patriot Extreme Perf. DDR2 nVidia 8800GT 512MB Antec Smartpower 2.0 400 Watt

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,331	It's called Windows and all you have to do there is increase the size of the page file for virtual memory. By right clicking on the MyComputer icon and choosing system properties you look for the advanced tab there. The top button found in the advanced section is for the performance settings. Once you have opened the performance options go to the center advanced tab and look at the chande button on the bottom under the virtual memory section. That will open to the next screen where you choose to increase the size of the page file, allow it to be managed by the system, or disable it completely. The file should be at least twice as large as the physical memory installed on the system.

10-14-2006, 06:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,331	There are other things that can be done to help improve overall system performance until you are able to buy and add more memory to the system. One of the best tools is to reduce the number of things that load along with Windows. That will free up some memory to run your programs. You simply type msconfig at the Run prompt and press enter to run the utility. Once that screen comes up you go over to the last tab on the right the startup group and uncheck any unnecessary items. That will take effect after the intial restart of the system.