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Old 05-06-2004, 09:06 PM   #16
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If you really want to see your swap being used play a memory intensive game like navy seals or urban terror for quake3 or ut2k4 or something. Your swap is only used when your ram is full.
 
Old 05-07-2004, 12:28 AM   #17
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or remove 1 stick or 2 of your RAM, u will see swap being used.
 
  


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