This topic is locked from further discussion.

Avatar image for hookd_on_heroes
hookd_on_heroes

123

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#1 hookd_on_heroes
Member since 2006 • 123 Posts
1) what is it?
2) Can it be a substitute for RAM?
3) Is there a maximum amount I can a lot?
4)Theoretically, If i devote half my hard drive to it, will my computer run really, really fast?5) If it configuring it differently, then the set defualt will make my computer run faster, how do i configure it on a windows xp?
Avatar image for Random__Guy
Random__Guy

1047

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#2 Random__Guy
Member since 2007 • 1047 Posts
Just leave it, playing around with it either does nothing or makes things worse.
Avatar image for TrooperManaic
TrooperManaic

3863

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

#3 TrooperManaic
Member since 2004 • 3863 Posts
Just leave it, playing around with it either does nothing or makes things worse.Random__Guy
have it set 2times the ammount of physical ram you have in your pc- example, 1024mb of physical ram = 2048mb of virtual ram
Avatar image for GrandAdmiralThr
GrandAdmiralThr

75

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

#4 GrandAdmiralThr
Member since 2003 • 75 Posts

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory

2. It's kind of supposed to work with RAM, but it's much slower, so it's not really a substitute.

3. Not really.

4. No because your hard drive is not faster than RAM, and increasing virtual memory will just increase how much physical storage space gets used, not make your hard drive faster.

5. Press Start + Pause/Break. Click on the Advanced tab. Under Performance click on Settings. Click on the new Advanced tab. Under Virtual memory click Change. Use this to change it. I just always select "System managed size" because your system can increase it if it needs to.