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Recent content by bwbarbieri
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Video RAM on old cards
I read webopedia's entries for video and video RAM. None address the particular terms in a way that distinguishes Texture Memory vs. Video RAM vs. Basic Display RAM Size. One person has suggested the following (I tend to agree): Basic Display RAM Size is the amount of memory needed just to...- bwbarbieri
- Post #3
- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Video RAM on old cards
Everytime I check out an older video card, the "Basic Display RAM Size" seems to be 256K, while the "Texture Memory" can be 512K or 1MB. I'm trying to define these two terms for memory, and relate them to the total memory in a video card. Most of the cards I'm looking at...- bwbarbieri
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Swap File Best Practices
Setting the maximum is optional, and generally not recommended. This is contrary to what my earlier post suggested, because - for whatever reason I don't remember - when I tried to set a swapfile on my system with only a minimum I had a problem. It was so long ago, I don't even remember what...- bwbarbieri
- Post #13
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Swap File Best Practices
A lot of people tend to miss the basic idea behind the swapfile. It's supposed to back up the RAM, not replace or add to it. In other words, it's used only if you don't have enough RAM. Therefore, the more RAM you have, the smaller your swapfile needs to be. How small (or large)? That...- bwbarbieri
- Post #7
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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How do I optimize the Windows Swapfile?
A lot of people tend to miss the basic idea behind the swapfile. It's supposed to back up the RAM, not replace or add to it. In other words, it's used only if you don't have enough RAM. Therefore, the more RAM you have, the smaller your swapfile needs to be. How small (or large)? That...- bwbarbieri
- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
