Windows? Virtual Memory? What the hell?!

First off, don't tell me to switch to Linux or some other OS.  You'll soon find out why.

I never understood the point of virtual memory in modern computers.  RAM literally grows on trees, most people have at least a gig or two of the stuff in their boxes, and the only time they'll ever fill up all that RAM will be pretty much never.

So I have my good ol' gaming box, a gig of RAM, Windows 2000.  I fire up a game and begin playing.

In the middle of my game, the game CtDs and Windows tells me I'm "out of virtual memory".

What.  The.  Fuck.

I go to my management console and create a meter to keep track of my memory usage, and fire up the game again.  I play for a while and fool around, then close the game.

Maximum amount of memory used: 400 MBs.

Out of one fucking gig.

One fucking gig of RAM and Windows can't even be assed to use it all.  It has to compulsively cram every little thing into its virtual memory for reasons I never found out and probably never will.

I need a geek.  I need someone to tell me just how the fuck Windows manages its memory.  Why does Windows think it's logical to put shit in VM when it's still got more than half the physical RAM available?

I got an idea!
add more virtual ram!
go into your computer drawout some simulated memory and put it in your system folders bus 2 slot! and then you should have all the virtual memory you need.

also see:
>>9
change your paging etc etc. and if this mainly happens when you are playing video games try updating that ratty old shared graphics card with a new one

i'm running an old vaio right now its a secondary computer since my heartless bitch of a girlfriend has my custom, but it runs just fine on 512mb, i've never had any errors like that not even when running half life 2.
have a nice day.