No need for anything over 2GB as it will just cause issues (and I know I'm going to get an arguement...)
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Poodles;1173115 said:
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Tanya, the 2000 series ATIs run very warm. If you upgrade, get a 4000 series
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How would I know if I had a 32 or 64 bit operating system?
The only reason I want 4GB is that I use photoshop and illustrator constantly and they hog the hell out of everything. My PC was originally only 512, so upgrading to 1GB helped a little bit, but not enough.
The only reason I want 4GB is that I use photoshop and illustrator constantly and they hog the hell out of everything. My PC was originally only 512, so upgrading to 1GB helped a little bit, but not enough.
what do you have that allocates the extra memory? a software feature or the motherboard. I thought windows xp couldnt run more than 3gb? and you probably have a 32 bit OS, or it would say windows XP 64 or something like that. kind of easy to spot. Regular xp is 32 bit
Really? Computer stores must suck in your area.Poodles;1173092 said:
The folks here have lots of stock. One local place has at least 13 of them in stock.
Antec P180 FTW
Hey, it was cool, like 3 years ago when I built the machine....
Before that, it was the good ol' Antec 1030.
Hey, it was cool, like 3 years ago when I built the machine....
Before that, it was the good ol' Antec 1030.
Tanya;1173278 said:
Tanya,
Go into your Virtual Memory settings and hard-set your swapfile to 3x the size of your physical RAM. (change the min and max values to that spec) So if you have a gig of memory, you'll want a 3gig swapfile. I wouldn't use the swapfile for more than 2gigs of physical RAM though...so basically, if you ever upgrade to Vista or something and you no longer have the memory cap...lol.
Isn't going to Vista a downgrade? :sarcasm:
I have no intention of going to Vista, my XP works just fine, as archaic as it is nowadays. I like my old ass PC.
I have no intention of going to Vista, my XP works just fine, as archaic as it is nowadays. I like my old ass PC.
3x swap file? That's freaking ridiculous!
Tanya, open up your task manager, go to your performance tab, and see what kind of swap file you have when running full tilt.
With 1GB of ram, I find in the order of 1.5GB Swap is the biggest needed.
Also, 32bit Windows WILL see 4GB of ram. YOU (the end user) will not.
Tanya, open up your task manager, go to your performance tab, and see what kind of swap file you have when running full tilt.
With 1GB of ram, I find in the order of 1.5GB Swap is the biggest needed.
Also, 32bit Windows WILL see 4GB of ram. YOU (the end user) will not.
Doward;1173996 said:
Isn't some of the memory space reserved for other uses, as a result, it sees slightly less than 4gb?
But yes, a 32bit address path = 4gb addressable memory.
Tanya, 64 processes running? Really? You need to trim some of that! That's where your ram is getting used up.
PM me a screenshot of task manager with all of your processes listed, and I'll tell you how and where to cut them down
PM me a screenshot of task manager with all of your processes listed, and I'll tell you how and where to cut them down
And people wonder why I like server running a server OS. This is my sloppy startup, not my streamlined gaming startup:
Doward, 64 processes because there was a guest logged in at the time. Just me on the pc is 42 processes.