According to some, Vista 32bit cannot address more than 3+GB memory total;
since you have 4GB RAM + 512MB RAM on the graphics card, you can try taking
out 2 GB RAM. Just give it a try.
Michael
"Anne" <Anne@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A6868B35-E19E-4B6B-8B10-6B71693CB13B@xxxxxx
Quote:
> hello Ken,
> With Vista home premium, hubby will play a game - Brian Lara's cricket -
> and
> it's fine until you have a boundry in the game and 2 fielders run for the
> ball - then the graphis start to flicker, making it impossible to play the
> game from then on. It is the only game that acts like that. He has 4Gb Ram
> memory and a 512Mb NVidia 9500 graphic card/chip. Virtual memory seems to
> be
> the only thing I can think of, as if it's not clearing the previous game
> out
> of the memory before the next game is played.
>
> With me and XP, it doesn't bother me so much, I can handle it. But sorting
> hubby's vista premium Acer 6920G laptop is the more urgent thing to do as
> he
> suffers depression and looks upon the screen as a fault. His Tiger Woods
> golf
> 2008 game has just crashed. Nothing else was going on at the time.
>
> The guy who told us about the software is a builder and said the software
> fixed it and he's had no problems since.
>
> Cheers
> Anne
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> Quote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:59:00 -0700, Anne
>> <Anne@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quote:
>> > We have a virtual memory problem
>>
>>
>> Exactly what is the problem?
>>
>> Quote:
>> > and have been told that there is software -
>> > Flashware - that can fix this.
>>
>>
>> I don't know anything about this particular product, but in general,
>> *all* third-party software that attempts to optimize virtual memory in
>> any way is snake oil. At best it does nothing, but it's likely to make
>> things worse, and I strongly recommend against it.
>>
>> Explain what your problem is, and it's likely that someone here can
>> help you.
>>
>> Quote:
>> > Does anyone have a link or an idea where this software can be found?
>> > We need it for both XP and Vista Home Premium.
>> >
>> > I have 1Gb of ram for XP and hubby has 4Gb for Vista.
>> > Both of us have virtual memory problems - mine when using a graphic
>> > photo
>> > program. Hubby's virtual memory is not clearing out whenever he
>> > finishes with
>> > a program.
>> >
>> > I do hope someone understands what I mean.
>> >
>> > Anne
>>
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