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I agree with nihil, where it will not slow your computer. However (there is always a however) you can do tests where after a certain point there is no increase in performance. Depending on your application of course, but after that point any new memory is a waste of money without upgrading another component, say a faster hard drive. But in this case it's FREE so stick it in the computer! :D Do a performance test before, stick it in, do on after. The CPU can manage RAM much more efficiently than hard drive VM space.
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Hi,
I just looked at one of my 1024Mb/Win2000 boxes. It has allocated 1,500Mb (there are 2 x 80 Gb drives)
My gut feel is 512Mb ~ 1024Mb but as already said, a lot depends on what apps you are running.
Sorry I don't know enough about *nix boes to answer your other question.
:)
The Grunt I have always understood that you only disable VM for trouble shooting. I have heard that you can get instability problems otherwise...........Windows expects to find some?
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quick google search found this little tid bit
http://www.spack.org/wiki/LinuxRamLimits
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so...
is there a specific amount of RAM which after crossing you cease to need swap/VM
After 1gig of RAM I doubt that you'd need 2gigs of swap
There's gotta be a formula...
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The math behind a 32 bit OS is for 4 GB of RAM MAX. With a typical max of 2GB per app.
Which is one of the reasons for upgrading to 64 bit systems. [RAM NOW hits 128 GB, with the ability to 'see' 16 TB of virtual space. think MMORPG on a truely planetary scale :)]
As stated : 512 MB of RAM is MORE than enough for the majority of PC's.
BUT : as also stated, It IS free :D Jam it in anyway, at worst, it will do nothing, and you are just storing it safely, at best, it speeds up response time noticably, and you get cred for having it to the max :)
as for VM, just leave it in auto mode ................
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Hi unhappy,
As I said you ought to have some virtual memory, and it is probably best to let Windows set it in the first instance.
I just looked at my Win2000 machine and it says that the minimum allowed is 2Mb. On earlier versions of Windows you could disable virtual memory altogether. It clearly states that this is NOT RECOMMENDED.
If you have the space I would have thought that 512Mb would be adequate if you have 1024Mb of RAM. BUT this very much depends what you use your machine for...............With something like image editing and CAD applications I would look for as much as 2Gb. That is because they use very large graphical images.
Remember also that some games will store a lot of information in the page file.
:)
EDIT: There isn't a formula, Win2000 seems to allocate about 1.5x your RAM, but Windows uses maximum/minimum logic.
