Page File

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whats paging file, and how many MB should i allocate for it?

[NooNoo]

Has anyone else noticed the inverse relationship to length of question and answer around here?

Here is a good explanation - there are 5 more links at the bottom of the page, read them all.

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so i assume its a case of "how long is a peice of string!

[Ya_know]

Is there a hidden message in all of this? I need my decoder ring!!!

[+Daemon+]

010110010100010101010011 0101010001001000010001010101001001000101 0100100101010011



^^^^^^^^^^
Right there
8bit binary, crack it!

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well "ya know" it seems to depend on what you want your PC to do, as to how you set your page file .am I rite or wrong?

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AS my commit charge never seems to be much more than half my total RAM I assume its all good enuf

[Ya_know]

I don’t understand the cliché about the length of a string, or for that mater, the “inverse relationship to length” stated my NooNoo. Now I have binarys all over the place! Will someone just offer a straight answer!!$!$

[tha 4NiK8R]

I tend to make pagefiles based on these rules:

*all numbers are in MB
Standard browsing and Office apps only: min:1024-max:1024
High end apps (eg accounting apps, etc): 2048-2048
Graphics design or gaming: 4092-4092

So may argue the size of the pagefile, but I believe in larger the better. The pagefile is constantly being used no matter how much phycical memory you are using. You can see this in Task Manager by clicking on the Processes tab:View:Select Columns:Virtual Memory Size. This allows you to see how much of your pagefile each process is using.

Also, always make the min and the max pagefile size the same, or you wil fragment your drive insanely as your pagefile constantly changes size and spreads itself all over your disk.

[+Daemon+]

I go about 200 megs - 300 megs more than what Size ram I have


512meg of ram = 700 meg - 800 meg page file

theres a little thing for ya. if you dont know how much let windows do it.

It also depends what you will be doing.

I mean if you have fast memory like pc2100 or higher and alot of memory like 512 or more you really dont need a big page files you dont really need one.

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Right thanks , great, I will do some tinkering.

[Gollo]

I don't run any pagefile on my system. I have 320MB of memory and I have yet to get an out of memory error. The only program that I have to have a pagefile for is Photo Shop and even then I turn it off after I'm done. Now if it's a gaming system then I would apply some of the above tips. But since my system is mainly for browsing the internet, email, etc I don't see a need plus it runs a little faster.

[Larommi]

Originally posted by +Daemon+
010110010100010101010011 0101010001001000010001010101001001000101 0100100101010011



^^^^^^^^^^
Right there
8bit binary, crack it!

YESTHEREIS

[Gabriel]

Originally posted by Gollo
I don't run any pagefile on my system. I have 320MB of memory and I have yet to get an out of memory error. The only program that I have to have a pagefile for is Photo Shop and even then I turn it off after I'm done. Now if it's a gaming system then I would apply some of the above tips. But since my system is mainly for browsing the internet, email, etc I don't see a need plus it runs a little faster.

Trully said - on my system there is 512Mb ECC chip - I think that Memory is the most crucial thing after storage in computer system. I disbled the Swap file (Though MS guys recommended no to).
On servers and/or systems with Low RAM - I have certain rules.
Set the swap file to a constant that is somewhat 1.5 or 2 times the memory installed.
If you have more than one Physical disk (Especially on a different bus) it is the best way to "spread" your Swap file across disks (though it is not recommended on RAID).

Good Luck,
Gabriel

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Is there a downside for setting your P.F at say 4 times your RAM?