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@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>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
>>>
>>>
>>