RavenD [H]ard Gawd. Joined Jun 30, Messages 1, Do you do anything on the computer that will use more than 2GB of ram? If yes, set the pagefle accordingly.
If not, disable it. RavenD said:. Click to expand Joined Jun 11, Messages 1, The debate centers around the size of individual files stored in the paging file at any given time. You could turn it off and never notice any problems. This was back when a Dream Machine had 1 gig. Now my machine has 2 and its set to 3. Set with initial and maximum the same. I also have my paging file on its own 5 gig partition. Whenever EQ2 starts to act up, I turn off the paging file, defrag all partitions, and turn it back on.
Joined Apr 14, Messages No matter how much RAM a system has, computer science theory says that a page-file swap will, on average, make your system faster. Here's an example: You have a few firefox windows open, and maybe a couple of folder windows and a music player that isn't playing anything.
These all eat up a little memory. Then you start a game. If you have the page-file turned on, all the memeory these background apps use can be written to disk allowing more memory to be used by your game.
This makes things for the game faster. Then, when you exit the game, the data can be loaded back from the file slowly. Overall, you still have a net win. Joined Jun 17, Messages 11, MaXimus said:. Joined Mar 24, Messages 19, Look at your peak memory usage in the task manager over a couple of different sessions.
That's how much memory in total your system used maximum level. I am a convert from the disable page file completely camp to the set one as static camp. There's no proven benefit of disabling it, but there is for making the page file a static size. With a system like that, I'd set either a or a MB static page file. Phoenix86 Supreme [H]ardness. Joined Mar 28, Messages 6, If you commit charge peak isn't near 2GB you are better off leaving it alone.
If you have enough RAM to run everything in RAM, then you simply aren't paging much at all, so changing settings around the page file won't really affect the system. This can be confirmed by using perfmon and monitoring various paging counters.
It's sort of become a holy war around here, due mainly to no one having a real clear understanding about how it works. However, that doesn't stop them from feverently spouting their solution. Don't leave it alone. That isn't [H]ard. Google it and do some research. The basics arent really hard to understand.
There will be no negative impact on your system if you set your paging file to 1, 2 or 3 gigs static. It can only help. If your concerned about the amount of hard drive space being used, burn some of those mp3's to a cd to free up some space. KoolDrew [H]ard Gawd. Joined Oct 17, Messages 1, KoolDrew said:. What exactly is this? Setting a static size is never a good idea.
Dec 18, 5, 0 25, Anoobis Splendid. Feb 4, 3, 0 22, 0. Dec 15, 1, 1 19, 1. Codesmith Distinguished. Jul 6, 1, 0 19, 0. I haven't seen any hard evidence that there is any benifit to not simply letting Windows XP manage these settings. So my advice is to just leave the settings be. If anyone has any links to realiable and through testing that shows a clear benifit to monkeying with these settings I would be very greatful if you were to post them.
Misconceptions about the Windows page file There are some common misconceptions about Windows page file expansion, in that a page file can become heavily "fragmented" and cause "performance issues".
The common advice given to avoid this problem is to set a single page file size, and not allow Windows to resize the page file. Many applications and sometimes Windows itself will crash sometimes gracefully, sometimes not as a result of being unable to allocate more memory. Performance concerns about a further expanding pagefile are not going to be a user's primary concern at this time.
Windows does not read from or write to the page file in sequential order for long periods of time, so the performance advantages of having a completely sequential page file is minimal at best. Also, if a large number of pages need to be moved in or out of the page file, chances are quite good that other hard-disk activity is taking place at the same time, further reducing performance. In short, a Windows system does not benefit from having a locked page file size.
A larger "minimum" size will indeed help systems with little physical memory by reducing resizing of the page file by the OS, however if set too high you could be wasting disk space. A large "maximum" will incur no performance penalty. An extensive discussion on this topic. The comments by "Jeh" seem to be the most informative. I have followed been following such discussions since Windows XP was released. I tested it myself years ago, but I leave open the possibility that I didn't use the best possible custom settings or I didn't use the most relevant benchmark.
My personal conclusion that if you leave these settings alone XP will do the best possible job on its own. The only think I personally interested in reading at this point is hard evidence , by which I mean properly done benchmarks showing how custom settings have a clear performance advantage over XP's default. Without the benchmarks everyone is more or less just guessing and speculating. Feb 23, 0 18, 0.
I've had a gig for a long time and have never used it all, but I don't play the latest games. I've heard of a lot of people using ramdrives allocating memory as a seperate disk and using it as your page file.
Your setup sounds just fine though my own speculation. Shinobi Distinguished. May 24, 11 0 18, 0. Leave it off, there's no point in using one. Makes for a way speedier computer not messing with that crap.
I have Never filled all two gigs with any game or application. Photoshop uses its own little swap system. Synergy6 Distinguished. Dec 8, 0 18, 0. I upgraded from 1 to 2GB exactly so the paging file would be unnecessary, so turning it on seems rather self-defeating. The most memory I've ever used at one point was in GRAW, with all the textures preloaded into memory, at 1. If you claim never to go over your physical memory then why bother turning off the page file?
So there is no harm having virtual memory just in case. If the need is real the memory can imediately be made available because there is a copy on the HD. If not then zero harm because there is still a copy in memory and the anticipatory transfer was done when the CPU is idle. Either that or show me technical info on Windows Virtual Memory Manager that shows that MS chose to implement it in some retarded fashion.
But given how crucial memory management is to the performance of an OS I wouldn't bet on Microsoft getting this one wrong. I think Microsoft would rather you left it on "let windows manage swap file" because this would ensure that people aren't messing with the settings. Let's face it, alot of people make changes, and will change several things at once, then when trouble happens, they aren't sure what the offending change is.
I have 1Gb of ram i i set my pagefile Mb and it work juct fine! If you disable it completly you may expirience problems 'cos some apps and some games require pagefile for swap Joined Nov 16, Messages 0. Joined Mar 27, Messages 1, 0. That means your virtual memory is faster, which is a good thing. And it wouldn't matter to the drive where it is stored. The first sectors are found on the edge of the platter where the data spins fastest ie.
Also, if you have diskeeper you can defrag your paging file to a single file if it's not already. Slayerstaps New Member. Joined Aug 12, Messages 0. Your pagefile get's moved over sometime however when u defrag a lot that is. Atleast mine keeps moving after some defrags. Anyways i'm using a fixed pagefile and i have 2 gig ram too. At least once at mounth Settings is tested by me and few of my friends Shutdown sequence is much longer with this settings Joined Jul 12, Messages 0.
Pagefile Is needed regardless of any one individuals preferences. Ideally you would want the page file either In with Windows If you only have a Single drive system Or on the 1st partition of a Second drive on a 2 drive system Windows Is coded to Utilize the pagefile regardless of the amount of Real memory you have Apps and even games Will "Demand" the presence of a pagefile.
If you want the Most performance you can get for your pagefile Joined Dec 18, Messages 7, 1. Last edited: Mar 13, Joined May 27, Messages 3, 0. A page file is cheaper than memory. It gets used in gaming, and other applications other than Windows too. So unless you have 4GB of memory, you better leave it on. Plus if you need it, and don't have it at some point you will get a nice performance hit. I have 2GB of memory, and I still get some use out of my page file.
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