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   From: philo@invalid.not   
      
   On 01/10/2012 03:47 PM, poachedeggs wrote:   
   > Can someone clarify for me about Virtual Memory and 'Kernel Memory'   
   > please. My pc is currently with 2gb of ddr3 1333 ram. It's using 600mb   
   > on average of actual ram when online. The most heavy-going thing I do   
   > is infrequent video editing. While rendering the ram use goes to 1.2gb   
   > and I can see the Page File Usage history then shows activity -   
   > presumably this is Virtual Memory in use? Is this like the swap file   
   > in Linux? I had never seen the swap being used until I built an Ubuntu   
   > machine from recycled bits with only 1gb of ram and 3/4 of that   
   > available, and I've never seen a computer use more than about 1.2 gb,   
   > 32 or 64 bit. I don't believe in upgrading anything unnecessarily so   
   > I'm wondering, does the Virtual Memory get used anyway, regardless of   
   > installed ram? Currently Virtual Memory has been set, automatically,   
   > to 2046-4092 and it says the recommended figure is 3070. Is that all   
   > fine as it is or should I set it myself? I'm asking this mostly for   
   > knowledge as I'm not seeing a problem myself.   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
      
      
   This is a good place to start   
      
   http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php   
      
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