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mine is 1500mb for all 5 drives. Is it too much or low?
C:\ 3gb
D:\ 6GB
E:\6GB
F:\ 61gb
I :\120gb
C:\ 3gb
D:\ 6GB
E:\6GB
F:\ 61gb
I :\120gb
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whats your virtual memory
- Thread starter wired14
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- Jun 20, 2001
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- Vancouver, WA
How much do you use? 
1500 would be great for somebody doing video editing or something, a bit too much if all you do is check your e-mail
My computer is pretty much an internet machine, but I do occationaly load up a few games. Right now my pagefile is at 384MB with 512MB of RAM, and I never run out.
JigPu
1500 would be great for somebody doing video editing or something, a bit too much if all you do is check your e-mail My computer is pretty much an internet machine, but I do occationaly load up a few games. Right now my pagefile is at 384MB with 512MB of RAM, and I never run out.
JigPu
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- California
I have mine set at 768 and haven't had any problems. I set it that high because I mostly play MMO's which generally like to use a lot of memory. If you play a lot of games a good rule of thumb for the page file is 1 1/2 times your current memory. For just web surfing or occasional games you can set it for less like JigPu said. Some consider getting rid of it altogether if you have more than 1gig of regular memory. It all just depends on what you use your computer for really. Just remember the more you have the more it uses your HDD. Which in turn means longer access times for the memory.
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- Aug 25, 2001
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- Ontario, Canada
Ram = 512Mb
Page file = 512Mb
Page file on C: = 256-256Mb
Page file on H: = 256-256Mb
C: is the system partition on my first harddrive (2 partitions total), H: is the only partition on my 2nd physical drive.
Never had a problem with those numbers.... general use includes gaming and the occasional photo editing.
Page file = 512Mb
Page file on C: = 256-256Mb
Page file on H: = 256-256Mb
C: is the system partition on my first harddrive (2 partitions total), H: is the only partition on my 2nd physical drive.
Never had a problem with those numbers.... general use includes gaming and the occasional photo editing.
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recommended is 526mb!
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- Jan 10, 2001
500 mb on C: partition with windows on striped array.
500 mb on G: Backup drive on IDE
I can use 500 on C: without backup drive installed ,but with drive installed i must have pagefile on it as well or my write times from the array will drop to one half their normal speed.
500 mb on G: Backup drive on IDE
I can use 500 on C: without backup drive installed ,but with drive installed i must have pagefile on it as well or my write times from the array will drop to one half their normal speed.
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- Feb 12, 2001
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- the Netherlands
I also had it disabled with a Gig of RAM but some games don't startup without a swapfile and cause errors. I have 512MB fixed on my windows partition now and it works super with todays fast drives anyway.
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- Feb 9, 2001
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- C:\%systemroot%\minidump
256-256 MB, 768 MB Ram, never run out even when photoshopping something.
Fiz
Fiz
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- Atlanta, GA
I just turned mine off. My performance is better IMHO. Everything is faster because I cut it off.
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- Seattle, WA
512mb of RAM, 1gig of pagefile on a seperate partition. Might be a bit too much...but that's ok.
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- Ontario, Canada
If you enable hibernation, then a space, equal to the amount of ram you have in your system, is automatically reserved for hibernation. It just disappears from your harddrive's free space count. So you do not necessarily have to keep any free space, as it's done for you already. If you disable it, you'll find you gain an extra 512mb back in free space.fadirocks said:
I always like to have some swap.. I like to run a lot of stuff
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im on 2x512
2 partitions : C and D drives
what should i set minimum and maximum at?
2 partitions : C and D drives
what should i set minimum and maximum at?
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- Ontario, Canada
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