My A1XE has only 1 GB RAM, so I added a 1GB Swap partition. I'm not sure it ever worked or got used.
My X5000 has 2 GB RAM. Is it worth adding a swap partition, or with 2 GB being the max is this pointless?
daveyw wrote:My A1XE has only 1 GB RAM, so I added a 1GB Swap partition. I'm not sure it ever worked or got used.
My X5000 has 2 GB RAM. Is it worth adding a swap partition, or with 2 GB being the max is this pointless?
Raziel wrote:"More" is only possible/usable thorugh memory tricking (i think it's called "bank switching" or something like that) and it needs to be compiled into every single program...
If it helps using more than 2 GB of RAM...
trixie wrote:If it helps using more than 2 GB of RAM...
Exactly. Despite the technique being simple and ancient, it's better than having the extra memory completely unusable. Programs working with large data (such as a sound- or video editor) may use it as a handy storage, rather than swapping out to disk. I can certainly imagine such scenarios.
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