However, it is not the program the controls page files, rather the OS. I have never come across a program that had an issue with the virtual memory disabled, but that could be a plausible scenario. Hibernation is another feature which may behave differently when the pagefile is disabled since memory pages written to the swap files get omitted from the hibernation file, which makes hibernation and resume quicker. Some applications start to freak out if you disable virtual memory (the page file) because they try to reserve memory against the page file instead of forcing the OS to immediately make room in RAM.
#8gb vs 16gb ram upgrade
If you build a system now with more memory you will not have to upgrade down the road when the memory may be more expensive and you have less options to choose from (as was my case). One more reason to go with 16GB of memory over 8GB.
#8gb vs 16gb ram windows
I played around with disabling my virtual memory and kept getting Windows error windows appearing stating my system memory was running low. That's not enough headway for memory intensive programs to run while having Chrome running as well. If I had my virtual memory disabled (if only running SSDs) then my system would be using 6615MB or 6.46GB of system memory out of a maximum of 8192MB or 8GB. Chrome alone is eating up 1024MB of physical memory and 748MB of virtual memory (1772MB or 1.73GB combined).
#8gb vs 16gb ram plus
With only 3 Chrome tabs open (and Windows Resource), my computer is using 3712MB of memory plus 2903MB of virtual memory. However, Google Chrome uses up a ton (6 instances). This is what I do in my system as it's older and can only support 8GB of memory.Įxample: My computer is currently running a few programs in the background that is using about 2.5GB of memory (the large memory use programs are: AVGCSRVA.exe, Javaw.exe, explorer.exe, chrome.exe). If you are strictly running HDDs or a combination of SSDs and HDDs I would say you can "get away" with only 8GB and have the virtual memory pointed to the HDD to avoid burning up the NAND in the SSD. In this case I would go with 16GB of memory. If you plan to strictly run SSDs then you will want more memory and disable the system cache (virtual memory) to avoid burning up the NAND in the SSD with unnecessary write cycles.
A lot depends on how you have your system setup. The simple answer is: you can't go wrong with "too much" memory, but you certainly can have "too little." If you can afford 16GB of memory, I would highly recommend you go for it.
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