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Old 11-28-2005, 04:57 PM
MrMoo MrMoo is offline
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Default Re: RAM allocation question; Inspiron 9300

You're looking at the page file. Think of the page file as slower ram. When your system runs out of actual ram it writes things to the hard drive instead. The hard drive is MUCH slower so this will cause your system to perform slow. Changing these options will not noticably speed up your computer. What you need to do is add more actual ram to your system. That way, your system doesn't have to resort to using the page file.

If you're using Windows XP, right click on the task bar at the bottom of the screen. Click Task Manager. Got to the performance tab. Under the "Physical Memory" section you'll see how much available ram you have left. If this is zero, thats bad. You can also go to the Processer tab and see which processes are using the most memory. That should give you a good idea exactly where all your ram is being used.

I haven't personally used the GamesGrid software. However, I doubt it uses all of your ram or anywhere close to it. You may be able to stop some programs which are using a lot of ram other than GamesGrid.
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