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Determine if computer needs more memory
My client has an HP xw6000 workstation pc. It currently has 1 gig of memory. It’s responsiveness slows down when 5 applications are opened. I’m trying to determine if more memory would help.
The pc is running Windows XP Pro. Task manager (when all 5 applications are running) shows CPU usage at 24% and Commit charge of 964058 and Physical memory at 1048076.
Q1.) So, could this pc benefit from more memory?
Q2.) How can I measure the swap rate to determine if the computer is swapping programs in and out of memory at an excessive rate?
The pc is running Windows XP Pro. Task manager (when all 5 applications are running) shows CPU usage at 24% and Commit charge of 964058 and Physical memory at 1048076.
Q1.) So, could this pc benefit from more memory?
Q2.) How can I measure the swap rate to determine if the computer is swapping programs in and out of memory at an excessive rate?
Performance Monitor will help you with this.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490957.aspx
this is a tool included in XP, and can help you analyze disk usage, memory usage, swap etc.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490957.aspx
this is a tool included in XP, and can help you analyze disk usage, memory usage, swap etc.
If you have 964MB of 1GB being used then Yes...you need more memory.
First find the application using the most memory by opening Task Manager and sorting the running processes by memory usage. Should that app being using so much?
First find the application using the most memory by opening Task Manager and sorting the running processes by memory usage. Should that app being using so much?
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Set paging file to System managed
Having said that it would also depend on Processor type, Bus speed, HDD R/W speeds and applications used
but for the most part you will see a performance gain