[xfodder]

sometimes i get a low system virtual memory warning down the bottom in the notification area, i only have 256mb of DDR ram, but i read somewhere its best to have 512mb of ram with windows xp coz xp uses about 256 of ram ? is that correct ?

[Cookie Mobster]

I don't think so, I have 512 and only 160mb is ever used, unless I'm gaming or using photoshop. I think windows XP reccomends 256 but only requires 128.

[malkor]

xfodder, on Mar 13 2003, 04:01 AM, said:

sometimes i get a low system virtual memory warning down the bottom in the notification area, i only have 256mb of DDR ram, but i read somewhere its best to have 512mb of ram with windows xp coz xp uses about 256 of ram ? is that correct ?

I was running 256 with XP for about a year.

I never had more that 50 MB physical memory free with just the OS running no programs. If I ran a program it used mostly swap space from the hard drive. Whenever I closed a program, mostly large games, it would have to close out tons of files from the swap file.

Long story short: I have since upgraded to 512 MB and programs now have approximately 350 MB of free physical memory to use and do not utilize so much swap file space any more. MUCH FASTER!!! Now when I close most programs, they close instantly because almost the entire program was loaded into physical memory.

Memory is cheap...upgrade to 512 MB...you will never regret it. I will not run XP on anything less than 512.

[MarkoDaGeek]

XP can run on 32 megs of ram , wont run good but it will run , i suggest AT LEAST 256 for everyone now days , 512 for power users ...
you said it said low system virtual memory ?? thats not RAM that is Windows Virtual memory , go into your virtual memory settings and allow it more ... g2g to my next class !

[objekt404]

with current RAM prices, why not stp up to a full Gig+? 1.5gB PC133 here

[capty99]

man im only @ a gig.

cause most comps wont support more than 512... well 98 doesnt im pretty sure and im not posative bout 2000. i think xp can take more but not sure how much.

u can have it in there, wont do jack, but u can say its in there.

[objekt404]

capty99, on Mar 13 2003, 06:57 PM, said:

man im only @ a gig.

cause most comps wont support more than 512... well 98 doesnt im pretty sure and im not posative bout 2000. i think xp can take more but not sure how much.

u can have it in there, wont do jack, but u can say its in there.

98 will definitely not take more than 512 (512 itself usually causes problems).

But 2k does take 1gB+ RAM (Like my current 1.5). I'm not sure how much more it will take (2, 3, 4gB (I think 2k Adv. Server will take upto 4gB)).

[Cookie Mobster]

MarkoDaGeek, on Mar 13 2003, 08:46 AM, said:

XP can run on 32 megs of ram , wont run good but it will run

No it won't, the new revision with SP1 will give an error at setup, it requires 64megs but that will do little good anyway.

[Vetritus03]

ok, so we now know you cannot run XPSP1 with 32 MBs of RAM... i think when mainstream video cards aren't being sold with much less than 32MBs onboard it might be a good idea to have more than that in your computer to run a modern OS anyway...
moving on... XP should be better managing your page file better than that. i assume you get the balloon that says it is increasing your page file size. what happens after that? you can manually set the page file by right-clicking the My Computer icon -> properties -> Advanced -> Performance Options -> the total paging file size should be set to 1.5 * RAMsize. you can increase this if you like.

[Vetritus03]

last time i had this happen i was using a corupted install of SonicStage and it was causing a "Memory Hole" that ate up my page file. what app causes this to happen? try reinstalling?

[xfodder]

it mostly happens when i close games down, you see i partitioned my hard drive into 2 drives C (for general apps and stuff) and D (which i use for games)

i went into the paging file info and there isnt anything set up for my D drive, would that be causing the messages ? and if i allocate the same size for my D drive will it cause any problems ?

[MarkoDaGeek]

Cookie Mobster, on Mar 13 2003, 06:20 PM, said:

MarkoDaGeek, on Mar 13 2003, 08:46 AM, said:

XP can run on 32 megs of ram , wont run good but it will run

No it won't, the new revision with SP1 will give an error at setup, it requires 64megs but that will do little good anyway.

Oh, I didn't know that with SP1 , i just know that i put it on one of my old 133's one night with a few friends for a laugh to see how long it would take, and it had 32 MB of ram heheh...

[aswettla]

i have 1 GB in my xp computer. Never used more than 512. Xp has only used about 200 MB.

[MarkoDaGeek]

then why go out and up it to a gig ?

[aswettla]

i don't know why i have like $200.00 CAD (Canadian) for 512 i don't use