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Less RAM is shown than there actually is
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Fairstrife
Less RAM is shown than there actually is 14 July 2016, 12:19 |
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 14 July 2016, 17:02 |
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Fairstrife
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 14 July 2016, 21:29 |
Fairstrife
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 14 July 2016, 23:58 |
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 15 July 2016, 06:45 |
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Perhaps you don't quite understand what a RAM disk is. It's not a magical solution to boost computer's performance or increase its RAM. It allows you to have a super-fast disk in unused RAM, so generally slow disk operations e.g. on temporary files could be done in RAM and completed faster.
In your case, although you have 4 GB, it's likely that 2 GB is used by the OS and apps with only 2 GB left. So naturally only that unused space can be allocated to a RAM Disk. If you do so and allocate most free space to a RAM Disk, your system will have almost no free RAM left, which will instead slow everything down.
Perhaps this article can shed more light on what a RAM Disk is and how it can be used.
In your case, although you have 4 GB, it's likely that 2 GB is used by the OS and apps with only 2 GB left. So naturally only that unused space can be allocated to a RAM Disk. If you do so and allocate most free space to a RAM Disk, your system will have almost no free RAM left, which will instead slow everything down.
Perhaps this article can shed more light on what a RAM Disk is and how it can be used.
Fairstrife
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 15 July 2016, 12:41 |
Re: Less RAM is shown than there actually is 15 July 2016, 16:25 |
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