Paging File settings on a Windows OS with 4 gig Ram and 320 gig HD - GoFuckYourself.com

Juicy D. Links · 08-04-2009, 09:11 PM

Whats the "optimal" / maximum I can use or any recommendations?

MrMaxwell · 08-04-2009, 09:22 PM

I guess 4000mb minimum and maximum
Put paging files on a secondary drives too

MrMaxwell · 08-04-2009, 09:25 PM

I use smaller page files
I don't like them to be huge

Juicy D. Links · 08-04-2009, 09:42 PM

Thanks, maxwell. Any others?

sandman! · 08-04-2009, 11:11 PM

no paging file

Owner · 08-04-2009, 11:28 PM

turn it off... you have enough ram to not need it

MrMaxwell · 08-05-2009, 06:18 AM

I'd LOVE to run without a paging file.. but windows always just makes one

Ad3pt · 08-05-2009, 07:20 AM

Hey Juicy, You'll never need more than 8GB of swap. Set minimum 4096 , max 8192 and you'll be in the safe zone without it growing too big.

MrMaxwell · 08-05-2009, 07:25 AM

I don't like it changing all of the time. It ends up fragmented. And that slows your system down, having a fragmented paging file! Every time it goes to the pagefile it has to look for it all over the drive.

k0nr4d · 08-05-2009, 07:28 AM

Your page file setting should be 'go buy 4 more gigs of ram and turn it off completely'

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Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Paging File settings on a Windows OS with 4 gig Ram and 320 gig HD Whats the "optimal" / maximum I can use or any recommendations?

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08-04-2009, 09:22 PM	#2
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	I guess 4000mb minimum and maximum Put paging files on a secondary drives too

08-04-2009, 09:25 PM	#3
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	I use smaller page files I don't like them to be huge

08-04-2009, 09:42 PM	#4
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Thanks, maxwell. Any others?

08-04-2009, 11:28 PM	#6
Owner Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 905	turn it off... you have enough ram to not need it

08-05-2009, 06:18 AM	#7
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	I'd LOVE to run without a paging file.. but windows always just makes one

08-05-2009, 07:25 AM	#9
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	I don't like it changing all of the time. It ends up fragmented. And that slows your system down, having a fragmented paging file! Every time it goes to the pagefile it has to look for it all over the drive.