[Fanu]

ah ok
tnx for everyone's help in this thread

atleast i learned something about dual channel =D

[Judas]

Originally Posted by Fanu

have 4gigs of ram, installed vista 64bit with sp1

and omg, that bitch averages more then 1gb of memory on its own (currently at 1.42gb with only my browser open)

thats fucking huge compared to vista 32bit (500-700mb) and xp (500-600mb)

what?

[OldBuzzard]

Don't stress Fanu.

That's Vista using Prefetch. From Vista's Help & Support:

What is the prefetch folder?

Each time you turn on your computer, Windows keeps track of the way your computer starts and which programs you commonly open. Windows saves this information as a number of small files in the prefetch folder. The next time you turn on your computer, Windows refers to these files to help speed the start process.
The prefetch folder is a subfolder of the Windows system folder. The prefetch folder is self-maintaining, and there's no need to delete it or empty its contents. If you empty the folder, Windows and your programs will take longer to open the next time you turn on your computer.

There is also SUPERFETCH/READYBOOST you can use. Again, from Help & Support:

Using memory in your storage device to speed up your computer

Windows ReadyBoost can use storage space on some removable memory devices, such as USB flash drives, to speed up your computer. When you insert a device with this capability, the AutoPlay dialog will offer you the option to speed up your system using Windows ReadyBoost. If you select this option, you can then choose how much memory to use for this purpose. However, there are some situations where you may not be able to use all of the memory on your storage device to speed up your computer.
Some universal serial bus (USB)storage devices contain both slow and fast flash memory, and Windows can only use fast flash memory to speed up your computer. So if your device contains both slow and fast memory, keep in mind that you can only use the fast memory portion for this purpose.
The recommended amount of memory to use for Windows ReadyBoost acceleration is one to three times the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed in your computer. For instance, if your computer has 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM and you plug in a 4 gigabyte (GB) USB flash drive, setting aside from 512 MB to 1.5 GB of that drive will offer the best performance boost. The minimum size for any USB flash drive to work with Windows ReadyBoost is 256 MB.
You can enable or disable Windows ReadyBoost for a specific flash drive or other removable storage device. For more information, see Turn ReadyBoost on of off for a storage device.



I've read somewhere also that you can also use a USB Flash drive for the PAGEFILE. I'm going to be investigating that as well. I'm going to be putting in 8 GIG of mem in less than a week, so I'm not sure if a pagefile is really going to get much use.