[veNNev]

alright, i have 512mb ram and 30Gb harddrive on my computer, yes i know horrible. i just need help following the steps cuz i got confused and dont wanna scroo up my computer.

here are some screen shots which i need help with, i just to know what i shud use as initial memory and maximum memory, there are also some defaults there. shud i leave this as it is? i only have 512mb ram and it shows 700 smthn as initial...what wud be the right values?

and for this, i want to know if i shud put 3GB at the end. i oly have 512mb ram and a 30gb harddrive comp. if not 3gb, then what shud i put? any help wud be greatly APPRECIATED!!!

 

[veNNev]

*bump

im talking about this guide btw: http://www.techsupportforum.com/f59/optimising-your-system-for-games-349169.html

 

[Aus_Karlos]

Hi veNNev,

With Virtual Memory its best to leave it alone unless your experiencing "Out of Memory" issues during a game or a running program.
Many people set this to double their current RAM. You have 512mb of RAM so setting it to 1024 for Initial size is a good start. Maximum size is how much VM you can have in total. If your system ever reaches its maximum VM you will get the following error. "Out of Memory". When this happens programs may crash.
Leaving it at its current value is good, you dont want too much HDD space saved for VM it will slow your system down in some cases.

For the 3GB line only add it if your using programs that require more than 512mb to run. This will ensure that the program will use the Virtual memory and wont crash in the process.

 

[pharoah]

for 512 ram your best bet would be to have as few process's running as possible.that will free up the ram you do have.

 

[veNNev]

k thnx a lot for the replies, sorry i had been busy a lot, went for a stay over, didnt sleep at all 0.0

ok, ive gotten the blue screen a few times, its a long story related to internet issues. repairing internet sometimes sent me to the bluescreen. isnt the bluescreen related to ram issues? i dont know much, im nub.

ill set the intial as 1024. i shud keep the maximum the same as the original right?

about 3gb line, i dont think i got any programs running more than 512mb ram, but sometimes when i have steam open, my cpy usage jumps to 100...

 

[veNNev]

ugh, nvm, i searched on google on what the values shud be, and they are good. minimum is 1.5 times ur original ram, and max is 3 times the original.

just want to know the last part about the 3gb thing.

 

[pharoah]

min is the smallest size windows will set it to.max is the most windows can set it to automatically.you need to stop trippin over virtual memory aka swap file.all that is gonna do is make games lag if the game tries to use to much.what that does is rewrites files in memory back to the hard drive.so new files can be written to memory.you need to set that to system managed size,and leave it alone.

 

[veNNev]

ooh..lol how do i do that?

 

[pharoah]

i borrowed ur pic lol looky

 

[veNNev]

u dare use my pic again!!! lol jk aite thnx!