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Possible Duplicate:
Do I still need to use virtual memory?
Suppose I have a system with 8 gigs of RAM. I have used systems with less than that including physical RAM and virtual memory.
So, why not just disable virtual memory on my monster machine? Wouldn't that improve performance? Or is there some reason to continue using virtual memory?
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fyi, virtual memory is not the same as page file.
– user1686 – 2010-08-05T20:05:00.927@grawity, I would like to give you ten comment upvotes. – dsolimano – 2010-08-05T20:44:53.493
There is only a limited amount of memory given to drivers, called the
– Tamara Wijsman – 2011-10-24T16:28:05.443non-paged
andpaged
pool memory sections. A page file is necessary for when the paged section gets full, as a gamer I have seen a game complain about paged pool memory just because I had my page file disabled on a 8 GB system. They are necessary, they prevent paged pool depletion and actually do speed up your system.