I recently picked up a cheap refurbished Dell that had 4GB. They have
the default set-up with 3GB of physical address extention. I'm still
loading software onto the machine and have no idea how well it
performs. I hope someone posts some good info too.
-jeff
On 2/15/07, Mike <watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Newegg has a good deal on Corsair DDR2 800 so I ordered 2 gb.
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590> (price
> has gone up since I clicked but still a pretty good deal)
>
> So now I reading up on how best to use it. I already have 2gb installed.
> First of all I'm not ready to go to vista due to driver issues etc.
> There is a lot of conflicting info out there. Should I use the 3gb
> switch or not? Should I use a page file? I have a windows managed page
> file on my fastest drive now. I don't really understand physical address
> extesion mode either. Am I going to take a performance hit using a 32bit
> OS ? The only time I run out of memory now is when the layers start
> piling up while working on a full rez scan. Do people still use a RAM disk?
>
> Any tips appreciated.
> Mike
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