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Why Use Virtual Memory In Modern Systems?

Posted by timothy on from the virtually-useless dept.

Cyberhwk writes "I have a system with Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) installed on it, and it has 4GB of RAM. However when I've been watching system performance, my system seems to divide the work between the physical RAM and the virtual memory, so I have 2GB of data in the virtual memory and another 2GB in the physical memory. Is there a reason why my system should even be using the virtual memory anymore? I would think the computer would run better if it based everything off of RAM instead of virtual memory. Any thoughts on this matter or could you explain why the system is acting this way?"

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  1. Mental Note by jon3k · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mental Note: Slashdot Editor Timothy doesn't know the difference between paging memory to disk and virtual memory.

  2. Lemme get dis stait... by crovira · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You're using Windows 64 ultimate and it seems slow on 4GB?

    Well of course. Its Microsoft.

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  3. Flamebait by bigredradio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Pst... You posted to ask Slashdot and mentioned you use Microsoft Vista? Flamebait

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  4. good night slashdot. by Poindexter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And with this post I do thee unsubscribe from my RSS reader. Goodnight Slashdot, it was fun but your content has become moronic and useless.

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  5. Re:Can't hibernate by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yep. It really seems designed to wear out disk drives faster.
    When the drive fails sooner than expected, it helps Windows sales.

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