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Old 11-13-2004, 10:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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ok i got a 20 gb hardrive, i have cod, americas army, stream like cs etc , i got 5 gb free on my hardrive, but some of the games seem pretty laggy , and i defrag alot.

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how much should i have free to run smootly?
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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5 gigs should be plenty! How much ram are you running?
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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512 ddr i think
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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That should be fine. Mabey your vitual mem is set a little low
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:57 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
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how is your hard drive's fragmentation.
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Old 11-14-2004, 12:48 AM   #6 (permalink)
 
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i used window xp defrag , but did not work very well so im using diskeeper now, but my games are pretty laggy , in areas and i know it should be fine, but its not
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how high should i set my vitual mem ?
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Old 11-14-2004, 01:02 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally posted by mrwolves@Nov 13 2004, 08:48 PM
how high should i set my vitual mem ?
3x the amount of RAM is a good rule of thumb.
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Old 11-14-2004, 01:05 AM   #9 (permalink)
 
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ok so wot would that be for 512? how i set it too, sorry not clever at this
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Just set it for 1500 MB.

Do you know where to go to do that?
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