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Trying to play the game demo that came with my graphics card (XFX 7900GT) and I get the following error.

Warning : Your Windows Virtual Memory swap file is less than the minimum recommended size of 140Mb You may have to reduce video detail settings in the game in order to play Delta Force Land Warrior. Please refer to the README.TXT for more information.

I have tried to Google a fix for this with no luck.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

S.Winger
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You do have some problem. I do hope that you have more than 140MB of RAM in your PC. Here’s how to change the size of your swap file if you’re running XP:
Go to Control Panel > System > Advance > Performance > Settings > Advance > Virtual memory and choose "Custom Size". Make the Initial size 1.5 the amount of RAM you have on your system (or at least the same size as your RAM). Make the max size twice the initial size (3 times the amount of Ram). For 256MB of RAM, the initial size should be 384MB and the maximum size should be 768MB. Select “Set” to apply the new settings. Click OK and reboot your PC. Your problem should be fixed.
I will give this a try. I believe it is currently set up at 2GB initial size and 2GB max size. I will try changing the settings to initial size 3GB and max size 6GB.

I ran 3Dmark06 and got a score of around 4250. Is that good? Is that score being hindered by the virtual memory problem?

Here is my PC build.

11-133-154 CASE THERMALTAKE|VA8000BWS BLK RT 1 $139.99 $139.99


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19-103-539 CPU AMD|A64 3700+ 2.2G 939 1M R 1 $235.00 $235.00
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FWIW, I have 2GB of DDR in my sig rig; I set the swap file to 768MB-1536MB.

I would never set a WVM file to over 2GB, myself. Defeats the purpose in taking its control away from Winders, if you ask me.
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