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If you want to tune up windows, then set about it in a scientific way.
System tuning requires knowledge and hard performance statics with a set
objective.
Starting with the assumption that the swap file is the problem will most
likely lead you down an expensive and pointless path.
"signmeuptoo" <signmeuptoo_no_spam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 01:06:48 GMT, Freedom55 wrote:
>
>> Paul wrote:
>>> In article <prfYd.17966$oh4.649658@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>, Ron Joiner
>>> <joiner@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have an A8N-SLI (A64 3500+) with 1 gig of Corsair ram (2 sticks). Will
>>>>I get any speed benefit by adding another gig of ram in games. digital
>>>>image processing etc?
>>>>
>>>>Ron
>>>
>>>
>>> For games, no. The problem is, to run four sticks, typical will
>>> require setting command rate to 2T (see the anandtech reviews of S939
>>> boards for more info). You could manually set command rate to 1T and
>>> run the memory at DDR400 with just the two sticks in dual channel
>>> mode, and that would have 20% more memory bandwidth than your proposed
>>> four stick configuration.
>>>
>>> The thing is, most games will be comfortable with 1GB. At least,
>>> I haven't seen any suggestions that gaming needs more than that.
>>>
>>> If, say, we discuss a hypothetical Photoshop situation, where you
>>> process monstrous images all the time, then even though the 2GB
>>> runs a bit slower, there might be an advantage to using the 2GB.
>>> If Photoshop has to use its scratch disks all the time, it can
>>> be really slow. Keeping the undo buffers in RAM would be a lot
>>> faster. If, on the other hand, your Photoshop adventures
>>> are more modest in terms of bitmap size, then again, the extra
>>> RAM would only be a liability.
>>>
>>> Knowing the potential for the extra memory to slow the system
>>> down, the next step is to profile what percentage of the RAM
>>> is currently being used with your existing usage pattern.
>>> If you were hitting swap consistently, you would already have
>>> upgraded by now
🙂
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Paul
>> More ram might be slower - interesting! I do more gaming than image
>> processing but even when image processing I don't get too much HDD
>> thrashing.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> Ron
>
> Yeah, I have read *many* threads about running more than 2 modules and/or
> 1
> gig making things slower. There isn't enough data out there, real data
> that I know of, but I haven't checked Anand or Tom's about it.
>
> Part of the issue is that, as you increase the size of your physical
> mainboard RAM, your Windows virtual RAM file increases proportionately,
> unless you manually change it.
>
> Another thing that CAN speed things up is to have a hard drive that is
> separate from the boot drive (not a logical either) for the page file.
> That way accesses to each can run simultaneously at times and will reduce
> loading on the Windows drive. A small hard drive will do, just something
> with the same spin rate. An additional logical partition can be added to
> it so that the spare space is used for something rather than wasted.
>
> Hope this helps a little bit. BTW, 2 modules of 1GigB is better than 4
> modules of 512kB as far as performance as well. This I get from following
> posts for a few years. If I had the money I'd have tested for it my own
> self.
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