Re: 2GB to 4GB, how much of an improvement?

nweissma

i am curious: what did you read that recommends against adding system memory?

"Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:

> Thanks for the information everyone! I have Vista 64bit, an AM2
> motherboard and an AMD X2 64 processor but I can't find this "memory
> remap" option in my bios. Also from what I have been reading this
> upgrade is best avoided. :-(
>
> Al
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:26:20 -0700, "JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote:
>
> >He will not need to use the page file until the programs/data required to be
> >kept in memory use up all of the extra 2GB in his system.
> >Alfred,
> >If you are running Vista 32 you will probably only get the benefit of a
> >little over 1GB of the extra memory you add. See the following:
> >
> >http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
> >
> >
> >.
> >"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:ePqmPnM6HHA.4584@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> Little to no improvement if you run "normal" applications.
> >>
> >> You will still need the pagefile.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Urban
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >>
> >>
> >> "Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:e7t5d31d3g5a1qstsm4ebgt8mdnsgbi65k@4ax.com...
> >>>I am thinking of going to 4GB ram and I wonder if it is worth it? The
> >>> only reason I am thinking of doing it is to turn off virtual memory
> >>> and eliminate swapping on the hard drive.
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know your experience if you have done this upgrade.
> >>>
> >>> Al
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>