Originally Posted by
Forkandles
Sounds like my machine. Increased the RAM from 2 to 4GB and has noticably slowed down while working.
Don't know if it's true on your system, but I upped the virtual memory in line with the increase in RAM and it seems to be using it a lot more than it was before. Could that be it? Continually swapping large files back and forward between the RAM and hard drive?
I'm using 3D CAD and it is slower now than when I had the previous version of the software and 1GB RAM. Go figure...
Quite logical under some conditions.
The memory is normally split 50/50 between kernel and user, so on a 2 Gb system only 1Gb of user memory would need swapping. Go to a 4Gb system and user space is now 2Gb, more to swap.
If, and only if, your CAD application can support a 3Gb address space then switch Windows to use 3Gb user space and 1Gb system space and it should be much faster.