matching page file to ram
hey. . . i currently have 256MB of ram and a 384 page file which was set by the xp when it was first set up i am going to ugprade to 512MB of ram and my question is will XP will change the page file automatically , and if not , should i change it manually and to what size ?? another question.
hey...
i currently have 256MB of ram and a 384 page file which was set by the xp when it was first set up
i am going to ugprade to 512MB of ram and my question is will XP will change the page file automatically , and if not , should i change it manually and to what size ??
another question....can the page file be disabled with 512MB of ram ?? ;(
i currently have 256MB of ram and a 384 page file which was set by the xp when it was first set up
i am going to ugprade to 512MB of ram and my question is will XP will change the page file automatically , and if not , should i change it manually and to what size ??
another question....can the page file be disabled with 512MB of ram ?? ;(
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If you are not using your PC for anything demanding then you can probably turn off the pagefile... I play games semi regularly and find a perminant size (minimum and maximum) of 300Mb (with 512 of physical RAM) is sufficiant.
384 will be plenty. more than plenty.
You see, windows will set 150% the ram as swapfile, but it does it blindly. I got 768 and the swapfile was over a gig. Rediculous.
If all you do is gaming and internet, and dont run tons of programs at once, then you'd be good witjh 512 ram and 200-250 swapfile, but 384 certainly wont b a problem.
You see, windows will set 150% the ram as swapfile, but it does it blindly. I got 768 and the swapfile was over a gig. Rediculous.
If all you do is gaming and internet, and dont run tons of programs at once, then you'd be good witjh 512 ram and 200-250 swapfile, but 384 certainly wont b a problem.
i disbaled my swap file on my gamaing / o-c rig got 512 and never had a problem.
Quote:no swap file what's or ever???
and it works???....
let's assume that the OS needs more memory...what will happen then ???
will there be a big blue screen of death ??
none, nadda - disabled! gone! out the window!
nothing i play needs that much ram games i play are
Delta froce black hawk down / Land warrior
diablo II
Unreal Tournament / II
i jack up the details as high as i can! (currentyl using a ti4200 while i get my ti4600 water cooled)
i have never ran out of ram really - i also tweaked the services so my boot up once windows starts uses liek 50mb of ram instead of 100-120mb
i would assume u would just get an error that windows has no resources and to close some applications or something.
and it works???....
let's assume that the OS needs more memory...what will happen then ???
will there be a big blue screen of death ??
none, nadda - disabled! gone! out the window!
nothing i play needs that much ram games i play are
Delta froce black hawk down / Land warrior
diablo II
Unreal Tournament / II
i jack up the details as high as i can! (currentyl using a ti4200 while i get my ti4600 water cooled)
i have never ran out of ram really - i also tweaked the services so my boot up once windows starts uses liek 50mb of ram instead of 100-120mb
i would assume u would just get an error that windows has no resources and to close some applications or something.
Quote:no swap file what's or ever???
and it works???....
let's assume that the OS needs more memory...what will happen then ???
will there be a big blue screen of death ??
i had 1.5 GB of SDRAM on my old 3dsmax system and disabling the swap files didn't work for me (it somehow ruined my windows and i had to reinstall it). I have Win XP Pro SP1. so i think it mostly depends on the applications and the way the user is using the system. it is different for every single computer. if it works don't mess with it.
and it works???....
let's assume that the OS needs more memory...what will happen then ???
will there be a big blue screen of death ??
i had 1.5 GB of SDRAM on my old 3dsmax system and disabling the swap files didn't work for me (it somehow ruined my windows and i had to reinstall it). I have Win XP Pro SP1. so i think it mostly depends on the applications and the way the user is using the system. it is different for every single computer. if it works don't mess with it.
i got my extra ram and i installed it..
for now no page file and everything is fine...
i mostly surf the web and open office applications...and no problems.
i play nba2003 , enter the matrix ..no problems there.
one game did cause problems though...IGI2...so i gave him up.
for now there is no need for a page file....but time will tell, and if the system will alert me often about the lack of virtul memory ,i'll add a page file.
for now no page file and everything is fine...
i mostly surf the web and open office applications...and no problems.
i play nba2003 , enter the matrix ..no problems there.
one game did cause problems though...IGI2...so i gave him up.
for now there is no need for a page file....but time will tell, and if the system will alert me often about the lack of virtul memory ,i'll add a page file.
