I have 512 sdram. Is it possible to run a computer with virutal memory disable? Wouldn't your computer be a lot faster if you disable it and then it would send all the data to the ram?

Yes it is possible to disable virtual memory, I have it disabled right now, but I have 768 MB of ram... Theoritically your computer should be faster with virtual memory disabled.

With 512 mb of RAM, I wouldn't recommend disabling the virtual memory. Basically just for the mere fact that you might need it and it won't be available. I would think that setting it at a small fixed size would be the best solution.

I thought the PC would need to use a virtual space for caching programmes etc, if you disable the virtual memory, the PC will work harder, you can set the max and min amounts quite easily, should be set at double the amount of RAM as a rule of thumb (min & max same setting), bet you wouldn't see the speed up if you disabled it, even if you did after 15 minutes you wouldn't notice it anymore..
I've seen setting the min and max to the above perameter solve a buffer underun problem in Nero before today..

tips from SiSoftware Sandra

The swap file is too large compared to the amount of physical memory installed. There is no point in making the swap file bigger than 2-2.5 the size of physical memory as the system will become unusable long before this limit is reached. You may be wasting disk space unnecessarily.
Fix: Go to Control Panel\System\Performance\Virtual Memory, select Let me specify my own virtual memory settings and reduce the Maximum number to at most 2.5 times your physical memory,,

While letting Windows manage the swap file is safer, performance may suffer as the swap file needs to grow/shrink depending on memory requirements. Also, it may become fragmented or allocated in a different part of the disk, which further reduces performance.


NB. On systems with 128MB or more you may consider creating a swap file equal to the memory size unless you’re running a server that needs large amounts of memory. Systems with 256MB or more could run with no swap file at all.

SiSoftware Sandra Help File.... end

HTH U :)

thanx for all ur help