Is it ok to turn off virtual memory for a gaming/media PC?

[Dalecia]

same as topic, I have 2gb of the fastest memory out. I read somewhere that it might be wise to turn off virtual memory (page file not set in xp) to increase performance speeds for this gaming/media only machine. Would this help? or shens?

[Killgannon]

if you had a 64 bit system and like 16GB of ram maybe, but 2GB is not enough and that would hurt you more than help you

[Kaisha]

Some programs will bitch about there being no virtual memory and refuse to run because the programmers were idiots and hard-coded them to use it.

So it'd depend on what you got installed and use. I'd just stick to keeping it on. Only speed difference you might notice is a lack of tiny little jitters, depending on how good/bad/fragmented your harddrive is.

[Dalecia]

Thanks!