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@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ePqmPnM6HHA.4584@xxxxxx
Quote:
> 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@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:e7t5d31d3g5a1qstsm4ebgt8mdnsgbi65k@xxxxxx Quote:
>>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
>>
>>
>