How do you have your systems setup for memory management?

[Siddhartha]

How do you guys have your systems setup for memory management? Are you using an application like Fremem Pro?

 

[indianduddawg47]

with win9x i used powerstrip.

you can get it here

 

[AreEss64]

SWAPFILE=Conservative
and throw as many DIMMs at it as I can.
I wish I could find something that actually worked good for memory management in 98SE. I'm sick of swapping when I don't have to.

 

[Siddhartha]

Where do you define swapfile usage?

 

[AreEss64]

system.ini I think. I built myself a custom autoinstall 98SE CD with the RK, so it's that way for me out of the box, and I haven't changed the setup there in probably 2 years. I just keep updating the drivers and burning new CDs.

 

[Siddhartha]

Is anyone using Cacheman? What is your opinion of it?

 

[btvillarin]

I think Cacheman is a great utility. You don't have to poke around files and the registry, since it does it from an easy to use UI. Plus, wizards to guide you through optimizing your system. If you use this in Windows 98, install RAMpage, create a batch file for it, and run it whenever an app crashes. In my opinion, using apps in the background slows your computer enough, why throw more at it? With the batch file, it's a one-time use, whenever you need it.

Since I'll be out for awhile, I thought I'd add the batch file:

RAMpage.exe M=20 D=Y O

(That last character is an "O", not a zero...)
Save this to the program directory RAMpage is in, create a shortcut to it on your desktop, and whenever something crashes, run the shortcut to free up the lost memory.

As for swapfile usage, that's in System Properties somewhere, under Virtual Memory. (Sorry, I'm running WinXP.) Set it so it's always the same size, so there's less hard drive crunching.

Here's the articles I've read that helped me out:
RealWorld Answers about Virtual Memory
Resource Leaks, Part 4 (This links to parts 1 through 3 as well)

 

[Nothinman]

Why don't you just use an OS that acutally knows how to manage memory?

 

[Motorheader]

Cacheman = Great utility.

My system is pretty "tweaked" out in the first place, but I have been running Cacheman for quite some time now and can attest to its ease of configuration and functionality.

 

[Damascus]

<< Why don't you just use an OS that acutally knows how to manage memory? >>



But those applications don't work under Linux!

 

[Siddhartha]

"Why don't you just use an OS that acutally knows how to manage memory? "

I will probably go to Windows XP (after it matures more), Windows XP the Next Generation, or Windows XP student nurse.

 

[Nothinman]

will probably go to Windows XP (after it matures more)

A) It's just another revision of NT, it's fairly mature.
B) It's a MS product, you'll be waiting a long time =)

I have XP on my laptop and I havn't had a single problem with it.

 

[Siddhartha]

"will probably go to Windows XP (after it matures more)

A) It's just another revision of NT, it's fairly mature.
B) It's a MS product, you'll be waiting a long time =)

I have XP on my laptop and I havn't had a single problem with it. "

I know that XP is another revision of NT and I know that NT is more stable than Win9X and manages memory better too. But from what I have read and from personal experience XP has issues with drivers. I installed XP and it did not recognize my NIC card and possibly other hardware too. It was easier to unistalled XP than sorting it out. I will wait for MS to release the SP1 or SP2 packets before I try it again

 

[AreEss64]

AutoCAD R14 and the fact that NT does not cooperate with my system properly, from experience. Not to mention the fact that XP is $220 too much for what you get.