I now have 1 GB of RAM, what do I do with the Win XP Pro swap file?

[M. B.]

I finally upgraded my system to 2 identical sticks of Crucial (Micron)
PC3200 400Mhz DDR 512 megs (total 1 gigs) of RAM. The part number of the
modules are CT6464Z40B

In my P4C800 Deluxe (not-E) BIOS 1015, I have the settings as:

Peformance Mode: Turbo
DRAM Frequency: 400 Mhz
DDR Voltage: 2.75
PAT Mode: Enabled
Timings: 2.5 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 8
Spread Specturm: Enabled
ICH Delayed Transmission: Enabled
MPS rev: 1.4

I am running Pentium IV 2.4C and I am *not* over-clocking at this time!

Since I now have a gig of RAM, how can I speed-up Windows XP SP1 that I am
running? Please keep in mind that often I have about 10 windows open at one
time, so I am not sure if I should mess with the SWAP file at all or not? I
also play games such as FIFA2004, COD, MVP 2004 and so on.

Thanks,
Michael

 

[Jim Macklin]

The swap file is only used if you exceed the system RAM, the
only penalty is that more space may be reserved on the hard
drive than is needed. Many programs will insist on a
certain amount of swap file space being set aside, even if
it isn't really used.
See the article http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php

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| I finally upgraded my system to 2 identical sticks of
Crucial (Micron)
| PC3200 400Mhz DDR 512 megs (total 1 gigs) of RAM. The part
number of the
| modules are CT6464Z40B
|
| In my P4C800 Deluxe (not-E) BIOS 1015, I have the settings
as:
|
| Peformance Mode: Turbo
| DRAM Frequency: 400 Mhz
| DDR Voltage: 2.75
| PAT Mode: Enabled
| Timings: 2.5 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 8
| Spread Specturm: Enabled
| ICH Delayed Transmission: Enabled
| MPS rev: 1.4
|
| I am running Pentium IV 2.4C and I am *not* over-clocking
at this time!
|
| Since I now have a gig of RAM, how can I speed-up Windows
XP SP1 that I am
| running? Please keep in mind that often I have about 10
windows open at one
| time, so I am not sure if I should mess with the SWAP file
at all or not? I
| also play games such as FIFA2004, COD, MVP 2004 and so on.
|
| Thanks,
| Michael
|
|

 

[Al Dykes]

I finally upgraded my system to 2 identical sticks of Crucial (Micron)
PC3200 400Mhz DDR 512 megs (total 1 gigs) of RAM. The part number of the
modules are CT6464Z40B

In my P4C800 Deluxe (not-E) BIOS 1015, I have the settings as:

Peformance Mode: Turbo
DRAM Frequency: 400 Mhz
DDR Voltage: 2.75
PAT Mode: Enabled
Timings: 2.5 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 8
Spread Specturm: Enabled
ICH Delayed Transmission: Enabled
MPS rev: 1.4

I am running Pentium IV 2.4C and I am *not* over-clocking at this time!

Since I now have a gig of RAM, how can I speed-up Windows XP SP1 that I am
running? Please keep in mind that often I have about 10 windows open at one
time, so I am not sure if I should mess with the SWAP file at all or not? I
also play games such as FIFA2004, COD, MVP 2004 and so on.

Thanks,
Michael

If you want to see how much memory your applications are using run
task manager (right mouse click on the task bar, and pick Task
Manager).

Unless you see something in Task Manager that shows different, take
the defaults for swap space. If you don't need swap sapce deleting it
won't speed anything up.

Why did you buy a Gig of RAM. Just Curious.

 

[Cari \(MS MVP\)]

Nothing unusual with 1Gb RAM. I have 1GB on my desktop (XP Pro) and on my
server (Windows Server 2003 Standard). My Tablet (XP Tablet) has 768Mb and
my poor old notebook (XP Pro) 384Mb which is its maximum.

Doing anything 'digital' needs a lot of RAM to play nice...video editing,
high res graphics etc

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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
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