With 512 MB of ram, what do you think i should set it to? I have 3 partitions, C where my system files are located, D where most of the programs that i use frequently are located, and E where i keep stuff like documents.
I currently have a 1536 initial and maximum sized paging file located soley on E. Is this a good thing?
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512Mb of RAM, what do you think i should set it to?
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ideally it shoul be set to 2X the amount of RAM you have[ot]and do NOT let Win have control of the swapfile size[/ot]set the minimum to1024Mb & the maximum to 1024Mb[ot]as you have 512Mb RAM[/ot]
Any particular reason for 2x?
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Any particular reason for 2x?
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no idea, i used to set old Win9x to 2.5X but with XP you set it to 2X[ot]and don’t let Win manage it, of XP will spend a lot of time resizing the swapfile[/ot]
BTW: maybe someone will tell us both why!
That is what Vista does by default.
The screen where you can set the page file has the text Recommended:. I always use that size 
[ot]I got 2048 MB of RAM, and I’m using 3096 MB of swap file[/ot]
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That is what Vista does by default
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it said “Recommended” on Win9x too, but it wasn’t a good idea
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/8123/win9xsfrn4.th.png
when i was useing XP i just assumed it was the same, well it froze less, don’t know about vista, never used it[ot]& don’t want my brain removed, to risk trying it[/ot]
Edit: try useing it both with vista in control & try it with a fixed size swapfile / pagefile[ot]realisticly what would be faster, XP or vista continually resizeing the swapfile of keeping it the same fixed size[/ot]
@RH you’d be better with a fixed size of 4096Mb, set it to a fixed amount by assigning both the min & max to 4096Mb
A fixed pagefile is always better. The maximum-setting should be about double the page file you’ve set. If it isn’t enough, it can then resize the page file if absolutely neccesary.
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A fixed pagefile is always better. The maximum-setting should be about double the page file you’ve set. If it isn’t enough, it can then resize the page file if absolutely neccesary.
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yes and no, yes it is better fixed, and no it should be double the ammount of installed RAM
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Stalker: Shadow of Chernobl demanded that i set the swap file to 2GBs! (it refused to start until i did) the windows machine i was playing the game on only has 512MB (the minimum amount according to the box).
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So i should set it to min 1024/max 1024?
What if i set it higher? Is this a bad thing?
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So i should set it to min 1024/max 1024?
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yeah, until you upgrade your RAM
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What if i set it higher?
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well, it won’t do any harm, but you won’t see any better performance, you’ll just be wasting HDD space[ot]try it, you’ll see[/ot]BTW:you’ll need some :swear:ing good benchmarking software to see any difference
You mean if i set it to more than 1024 the comp wont use more than 1024?
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if i set it to more than 1024 the comp wont use more than 1024?
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no, set it to double the amount of RAM you have installed[ot]that’s why i said:
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yeah, until you upgrade your RAM[/ot]
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as when you upgrade your RAM, you will should also set the minimum and maximum to double the new amount of RAM installed[ot]when i used XP i had 256Mb RAM so the pagefile was set to (both min & max) 512Mb if i’d had 1Gb (1024Mb) i would have set the pagefile to 2Gb (2048Mb)[/ot]
