How to deternmine if more RAM is needed

[kelly]

I thought there was a previous post here that described how to determine how much Virtual Memory your machine was using. Point was that if you're using a certain amount of VM, you need to install more RAM. I think it had to do with checking the paging file size periodically.

I went searching for that thread today, but couldn't find it. Anyone remember this?

thanks
-td

[PeteF]

I thought there was a previous post here that described how to determine how much Virtual Memory your machine was using. Point was that if you're using a certain amount of VM, you need to install more RAM. I think it had to do with checking the paging file size periodically.

I went searching for that thread today, but couldn't find it. Anyone remember this?

thanks
-td

Windows XP
How to determine if you need more Memory/Ram

1.) Exercise your computer through it's normal paces by opening
the typical programs you operate. Just work it as you normally do.

2.) Open Task Manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL)
Compare the "Physical Memory - Total" to the "Commit charge - Peak".
If the Peak is greater than the Total then you would benefit by adding
more Memory/RAM.

For a more authoritative article on this topic see link below...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/dunn_03august11_ram.mspx

---pete---

[kelly]

That's exactly what I was looking for. Now to remind me of this post, I've not only subscribed to it, but I've also sent it to my gmail account.

Thank you