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oakfn

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• Dec 15, 2007

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I was wondering i have around 2.7 of ram in my virtial memory should i have no page file? or system managed? if custom what min and max?

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WiglyWorm

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• Dec 16, 2007

• #2

You want a page file. Nearly every program is written assuming that there is going to be a page file and would choke if none existed, even if you didn't have all your ram full.

Generally, it should be about 1.5 to 2-3x as big as your physical ram...

 

tuskenraider

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• Dec 16, 2007

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Set it to min and max of 2GB and you'll be golden.

 

redduc900

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• Dec 16, 2007

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Let Windows manage the size of the PF.

 

~(o)-(0)~

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• Dec 17, 2007

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but if you can stick it on a seperate drive from ur most frequently used programs and OS...unless its a slower drive

 

tuskenraider

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• Dec 17, 2007

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Letting Windows manage it just leads to fragmentation, one size keeps it where it's at.

 

Rav

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• Dec 18, 2007

• #7

I usually create a partition for my swap file and then set min/max to the same size. U I've been using 2gb fixed size recently. Fragmentation of the swap file is the biggest killer, and it usually can't be defragged since it is a locked system file. So if nothing else set a static size. Using a dedicated partition ensures its clean file space and the file isnt fragmented when first created. I ususally move my Temp folders to that partition too, after I create the swap.

 

RedSkull

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• Dec 18, 2007

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i recently upgraded to 4gb ram and have been searching for information about optimum size as well...
i do a lot of sampler heavy music production so often i will use alot of ram.

i cant see how setting it to over 4gb would ever be useful as xp32bit only can address 4gb ram max.

will setting it to anything lower than 4gb adversely affect performance?

 

aftermath

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• Dec 18, 2007

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PF should be equal or grater than RAM so you can do a ram dump, if you care about that sort of thing.

 

dominick32

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• Dec 18, 2007

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tuskenraider said:

Set it to min and max of 2GB and you'll be golden.

Click to expand...

X2.
Best recommendation for the performance minded is to set a static pagefile of minimum: 2048 , maximum: 2048.

Dom