porsche911r
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Is there a real solution to how much mem u shud really have 2gb seems to be the thing but is having more better???
make your page file 2 to 3 time your commit charge not your physical memorybtw; be sure your pagefile is 2x your ram )
captaincranky said:Any 32 bit OS will break your heart when you try to install 3 or 4 GB of memory. In the real world, the biggest performance jump with XP comes at 512MB to 1GB. When you go to 2GB there's an improvement true, but it's not as noticeable. Programmers are pretty conservative about memory use in most cases, since if the system requirements are too high, they can't sell the software.
High hardware requirements is still one of the biggest complaints about Vista at the moment, is it not?
When you go to 3D, High Def movie, and professional photo editing software the need for extravagant amounts of RAM is actual, since the file sizes are enormous. If this is the work you're trying to do, then a 64 bit OS is called for. For anything else, treat yourself to the 2GB, and be happy!
True enough, but this fact usually results in a thread involving "I put 4GB pf RAM in my computer and now it's only showing 3.2. It's still in large part unnecessary. Please Google "3GB switch".Bigfellla said:3GB will run fine in a 32bit operating system, in fact a 32 bit operating system can address a total (including graphiss etc) of 3.2GB of memory without an issue.
Oddly enough, I believe they still sell it with only 1GB installed. What you call "idling", M$ calls "superfetch", and it's actually running programs before you decide to launch them.Bigfellla said:2GB is the minimum for vista (it idles using 1GB approx) whereas 1GB is min for XP.