The fish Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Want free RAM? Stuck with only 256mb, but out of spare cash? Then get a gig or more like this!(this is using a Windows XP) Before we start make sure you have at least 1.5 gb or Hard disc space left, as well as how much you want to add to your RAM(the extra space is for updates, patches, documents, etc, etc.) Got enough? Ok, here we go: 1.Right click on My Computer, then click Properties. 2.Click the 'Advanced' tab, then 'Settings' under performance. 3.In the new window, click the 'Advanced' tab. 4.Under 'Virtual Memory', click 'Change' 5.Select 'Custom Size', then set the Initial size(in MB) as how little you want it to use at any time, then the Maximum size (also in MB)-this is the maximum it will use, excluding with your existing RAM(this is taken of your hard drive-I have an 80Gb hard drive and I use an initial size of 1500mb, and a maximum of 2000mb) 6. Click 'Set', then OK, then 'Apply', then 'Apply' again 7. You may now be asked to restart you computer. Do so if you want the memory imedietely. 8. When you have restarted, log on, then do Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up Task Manager. In the bottom right corner of the window it will show you your current RAM usage and your now increased maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The3rdChildren Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Is this not likely to murder my PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 In a word: no it will make it faster at loading stuff etc. and you can have more stuff open at one time. just make sure you got enough hard drive space(My Computer, right click on HDD, Properties, look at the pie chart) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestneb Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 virtual memory is slower than regular memory. you are better off spending extra cash, but if thats not an option then this (I guess) is your best option. you can always reduce it back down using the same technique. its not some hidden secret though :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic238 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 yeah right, it's because of the speed that we don't have RAMs of 300GB and more. so you won't notice much if you own half a gig of ram and add another 2 gigs on your hdd. it just doesn't do the job. you better buy 1 gb of real ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Virtual memory isn't anything new and to be honest its sluggish and pretty pointless. It takes up alot of HDD space and you get minimal proformance in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 yeah, this is silly. On a similar not, firefox and trillian make little read/writes every second or so that pisses me off as i have loud hard drives. Is there anyway to make windows just cache in the RAM since i have plenty to spare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 LOL do u guys know nothing vitual memory is very very very slightly slower than normal ram...no noticable difference. It's still free ram u morons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophicus Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 That is completely missleading,it totally depends on what HDD you have and what ram you have .and if it is only very slightly slower then why dont companys just put a tiny bit of ram (64mb)in there machines and then ad an extra HDD to be used as a whole load of ram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 LOL do u guys know nothing vitual memory is very very very slightly slower than normal ram...no noticable difference. It's still free ram u morons 1. 'LOL'? That just completely kills any credibility you ever had (if any) 2. Actual RAM has a bandwidth capacity around a few Gb/s, much much more than a HD, so actual RAM is many many times better than this virtual shit. 3. Calling for example Jordan a moron and on a Tech Board is..moronic 4. 'U guys know nothing'. Right. PS. you ^You can copy that and use it freely, the word 'you' is then slimmed down to two keypresses instead of the incredible three it usually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Calling for example Jordan a moron and on a Tech Board is..moronic Dieter kicks ass... oh hells yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario114 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I'm confused is it worth me doing this on my pc, i have v2 xp, 512 mb and a very big hard-drive (about 80 Gb still free), I proably wouldn't buy any more ram untill i update again next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 What exactly is a "V2 XP"? O_o Processor info = Right click my computer > properties. By the way, 512mb of ram isn't all that much. 2 gigs is where its at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twozzok Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Well, this is an... interesting thread O_o If what you said is true (well, it technically is, but it's just plain stupid and slow and not worth it at all), then why doesn't buying a new harddirve and setting all of it as 'Virtual Memory' give me a SUPERCOMPUTER!!!!11!11one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Well even if it's a minimal improvement I'll still give it a try, I keep running out of virtual memory when trying to play CS:Source with HDR so this could be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 on a different note of much more importance. i have recieved an amd 64 x2 4400+ that my friend is what we call closure (would of been a great point to lock the thread no?) i fuckin rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheapshot Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Wait a minute, I'm getting massive improvements on Half-Life 2; it stutters nowhere near as much! Jordan and co aren't seeing much improvement because they have lot's of ram and their games probably already run flawlessly anyway but it's really helped me out with my 512 ram, cheers Fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 This is quite usefull for me as I play Civ4 and the game has a buffer overflow (or something like it) bug so it just starts storing data in my HD. But as for anything else is quite useless, otherwise people would just stop buying ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramar Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I might try this, I've got a shitty 1.7GHZ and 256MB RAM, and recently I've been experiencing crashes dude to lack of memory. And as I wait to gather funds to buy a new PC, I might update my virtual memory because I often get the low warning. I just want an opinion from the super techs (such as Jordan). Obviously if I did do it, I would only increase is current max from 700MB to 1GB. Maybe slightly more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshMat Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 It works ok actually, i think you'll notice a difference Ramar. It doesn't take 10 minutes for CSS to warm up for me anymore (by that i mean, doesn't jump a lot when i first start playing) i have a shitty 512mb RAM and unlike some, can't afford all the extra add-ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario114 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Wait a minute, I'm getting massive improvements on Half-Life 2; it stutters nowhere near as much! Jordan and co aren't seeing much improvement because they have lot's of ram and their games probably already run flawlessly anyway but it's really helped me out with my 512 ram, cheers Fish. Counter srtike source seemed really smoth today after adding lots of vurtual ram (i set it to 1500-2500 (used to be around 700)), then I have 512 , and a 128 graphics card, my specs are pretty crap other wise, just a ati 9800 and a very lame 1.2 Gtz, so the more ram the better, o and by v2 i meant version 2 xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Its called "Service Pack 2" Virtual memory isn't much use for someone like me and i find it pretty slow and cumbersome... but if you wanna use it go ahead. But it'll slowly eat into your HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted March 9, 2006 Author Share Posted March 9, 2006 PS. you ^You can copy that and use it freely, the word 'you' is then slimmed down to two keypresses instead of the incredible three it usually is. Well, sorry about my bad gramma, I was in a (very boring) ICT lesson at the time and had to make it quick before the teacher came round...sorry about the LOL though, I type fast and it seems I didn't let go of shift in time. Twozzock you also need a better processer for a super computer. And a hell of a lot of fans. Oh, and Jordan, I play Call of Duty 2 in one of the best clans in europe, and trust me, virtual memory is fast enough, for what ever you want to do(I can't see what you are using that needs that fast RAM-it is fast enough for games) Oh, and you set a maximum size to stop it from eating into your Hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Yeah, now we have virtual memory, who needs actual RAM anyway? The reason why you think virtual memory is so fast is that background applications don't use as much RAM and therefore CoD 2 can use more of it. It doesn't mean that virtual memory is so fast because it's slow as hell if your computer actually fills up the RAM and then starts pumping data from the hard disk. It's pretty handy to have some virtual memory on for the times that you put loads of work on your computer, but it's not like free RAM at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christophicus Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Counter srtike source seemed really smoth today after adding lots of vurtual ram (i set it to 1500-2500 (used to be around 700)), then I have 512 , and a 128 graphics card, my specs are pretty crap other wise, just a ati 9800 and a very lame 1.2 Gtz, so the more ram the better, o and by v2 i meant version 2 xp. You think your specs are bad Ive got a P3 800 mhz 30 gig HDD(unformated) MOBO for 1999with intergrated graphics and 320 mb of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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