RAM memory question

[DJ-CHRIS]

Over a gig in gaming does nothing

However, having over a gig in some programs does alot. 4gb isnt too much for photochop

 

[hewhohasissues]

When it comes to RAM Memory does brand/price matter?

 

[waynejkruse10]

Usually branded ram performes and overclockes better than generic. however i have generic ram and it isnt too bad. My ram is made for pc 2700, but i underclocked it to pc 2100 to run in time with my FSB of my Athlon XP 2200+, theres no point having ram running faster than your FSB. So i underclocked it from 2700 to 2100, and lowered my latencies to 2-2-2-4.

 

[hewhohasissues]

[B you can turn off the page file on your computer.
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How do I do that? And will it cause problems elsewhere?

 

[Osiris]

control panel, system, performance, advanced, virtual memory change button, no paging file.

 

[justinh]

test

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[hewhohasissues]

control panel, system, performance, advanced, virtual memory change button, no paging file.

Done I got a bunch of warning "Windows is out of virtual memory" is this having a negative effect on my system?

 

[algu7344]

I suggest at least a gig of memory if your gonna be gaming, 2 is really better. And a good graphics card.

 

[hewhohasissues]

I have a NVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 (128mb) is that any good?

 

[uzi9mm]

Done I got a bunch of warning "Windows is out of virtual memory" is this having a negative effect on my system?

Minimum 2 gigsRAM. Also I would not just turn it off. I would leave it on and only leave like 2mb of space for it to use. Even if you have 4 gigs of ram, it might still bug you about the pagefile. To fix that you need to tweak the memory management settings in the registry.