> I have 4 gb of ram im my desktop computer and depends on how i configure my
> apiture size for my agp in the bios i got 3.7gb it shows up as but anyway my
> question is usually you set 1.5 for min and 3 for max what should i set it
> to? but isnt that max windows will allow 4gb if you use the /3gb switch?
>

"Bob I" wrote:

> Virtual memory setting refers to the paging file. The /3gb switch
> doesn't apply, and the "missing memory" between 3.x and the 4 GB is due
> to PCI addressing. the 1.5 you refer to is actually 1.5 times the amount
> of memory the pagefile size defaults to. Is your computer exhibiting any
> memory related issues? NO? I would suggest leaving the system to manage
> it.
>
> sthompson wrote:
>
> > I have 4 gb of ram im my desktop computer and depends on how i configure my
> > apiture size for my agp in the bios i got 3.7gb it shows up as but anyway my
> > question is usually you set 1.5 for min and 3 for max what should i set it
> > to? but isnt that max windows will allow 4gb if you use the /3gb switch?
> >
>
>

"sthompson" <sthomp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:187BA856-48C9-4592-88AF-259AEFEBD6FF@microsoft.com...
> Ya but i dont think in windows 2000 pro you can have system manage it i
think
> you have to speicify dont you
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
> > Virtual memory setting refers to the paging file. The /3gb switch
> > doesn't apply, and the "missing memory" between 3.x and the 4 GB is due
> > to PCI addressing. the 1.5 you refer to is actually 1.5 times the amount
> > of memory the pagefile size defaults to. Is your computer exhibiting any
> > memory related issues? NO? I would suggest leaving the system to manage
> > it.
> >
> > sthompson wrote:
> >
> > > I have 4 gb of ram im my desktop computer and depends on how i
configure my
> > > apiture size for my agp in the bios i got 3.7gb it shows up as but
anyway my
> > > question is usually you set 1.5 for min and 3 for max what should i
set it
> > > to? but isnt that max windows will allow 4gb if you use the /3gb
switch?
> > >
> >
> >

"sthompson" <sthomp***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:187BA856-48C9-4592-88AF-259AEFEBD6FF@microsoft.com...
> Ya but i dont think in windows 2000 pro you can have system manage it i think
> you have to speicify dont you
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
> > Virtual memory setting refers to the paging file. The /3gb switch
> > doesn't apply, and the "missing memory" between 3.x and the 4 GB is due
> > to PCI addressing. the 1.5 you refer to is actually 1.5 times the amount
> > of memory the pagefile size defaults to. Is your computer exhibiting any
> > memory related issues? NO? I would suggest leaving the system to manage
> > it.
> >
> > sthompson wrote:
> >
> > > I have 4 gb of ram im my desktop computer and depends on how i configure my
> > > apiture size for my agp in the bios i got 3.7gb it shows up as but anyway my
> > > question is usually you set 1.5 for min and 3 for max what should i set it
> > > to? but isnt that max windows will allow 4gb if you use the /3gb switch?
> > >
> >
> >