do u use virtual memory?

[kof2000]

:d

 

[Dr Studly]

lol, i have to... i have 192MB RAM and i my PF Usage is 246MB

 

[TheChef]

I've enabled about 1.5GB of Virtual Memory.

 

[duane534]

When I run Linux 2.6 w/ the KDE, my 256 MB is plenty enough w/o a swap file.

It's my damn Windows XP that uses 300 MB+ and creates that evil Win386.swp

 

[palmmann]

disabled, and i don't miss it. 512 is plenty for me.

 

[Geoff]

Why would you disable swap with only 512MB of ram?? My PF is at 527MB, and i have 1GB of ram.

 

[kof2000]

i only disable it if i have 2+gb ram, the other pc that has 1gb ram i still use virtual mem for those.

 

[Geoff]

i only disable it if i have 2+gb ram, the other pc that has 1gb ram i still use virtual mem for those.

I can understand that, but why would you disable it if you only have 512MB?

 

[kof2000]

maybe he's running windows 95

 

[Geoff]

maybe he's running windows 95

true, but im assuming hes running XP, lol

 

[palmmann]

nope. i just don't run very memory intensive progs. i have only seen "out of physical memory" once. i am runnin xp.

 

[Motoxrdude]

i do not use virtual. 1gb should be plenty for WoW, email, and firefox.

 

[Geoff]

palmmann and motoxrdude, why dont you use virtual memory? Im not saying that you should or shouldnt, i just want to know why you disabled it.

 

[holyjunk]

how do u enable virtual ram and does it help a lot??

 

[Geoff]

My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Performance Settings > Change Virtual Memory

Virtual RAM helps out alot if you dont have much physical RAM.

 

[ckfordy]

i have to use virtual memory cause my page file is at 435 right now and i am using half of my ram and thats with just having internet explorer on. but i do have 62 processes going right now in the background so maybe thats why i am using so much ram.

 

[Geoff]

I assume saving my physical RAM for games, where it really matters. And use my PF for programs that dont require as quick access to the memory.

 

[Raditz]

I've enabled about 1.5GB of Virtual Memory.

Raditz: Same here

 

[The_Other_One]

I don't run virtual memory on my laptop, even with only 512M because I honestly don't need it! If I ever actually run out of RAM, I'll enable it, but I have yet to... I mean I'm only using 200M right now with Trillian, Firefox, and two occurances of Open Office running.

 

[OvenMaster]

1 GB of RAM, 2 GB fixed swapfile/virtual memory. Even during heavy editing of graphics or music files, I've yet to run out of space. Works great for me.
Tom