ratchet Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 I have an 80GB drive and 1G of RAM, XP. How much memory should I allot to paging? Thank You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 I'd set initial to 512MB, max to 1536MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nos7667 Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 I just left mine normal... Ive never changed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 I have mine set to 400MB on my second drive, with 256MB physical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 my page file is set to 1GB and it works fine.. windows set it like that upon installation .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriRan Posted August 22, 2005 CID Share Posted August 22, 2005 tweaktown.com recommends 2GB with pagefile + ram which means if you have 1024MB of ram you should set the page file to 1024MB to give you a max of 2GB if you have 512MB you should use 1536MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 22, 2005 CID Share Posted August 22, 2005 how do you get to the paging file settings again? I used to do it all the time, but I forgot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 22, 2005 CID Share Posted August 22, 2005 Right click on My computer>>Properties>>Advanced Tab>>Performance, Settings Tab>>Advanced Tab>>Change Don't forget to click set after you're done. You may have to restart your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 thanks! got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 if you have 1gig of ram or more, you can turn your paging file off, although some pc games do require you have a paging file no matter what, but if your like me and don't play computer games you can turn it off to get a speed incrase for daily browsing and stuff like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 i only have 512 mb ram, unless some very kind soul would like to send me more?? quite poor atm...wish I could afford more..my pc takes 184 pin 400Mhz dimm thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 512 ram is plenty, only need 1gig for high requirement games/video encoding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 I do do video work, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 heh, your hurting then especially if you rip dvd's like i do, the extra ram makes a ton of difference in the speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 ummm..rip dvd's? nooooo....lol yeah, it would help to have more ram...once I get a chance..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 23, 2005 CID Share Posted August 23, 2005 I do do video work, lol LOL, the way that post is worded made me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 LOL, the way that post is worded made me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 tweaktown.com recommends 2GB with pagefile + ram which means if you have 1024MB of ram you should set the page file to 1024MB to give you a max of 2GB if you have 512MB you should use 1536MB i have 768 RAM and 2 HDD. Drive C is an 80gig and Drive F is 120gig. how should i set it. This is what it shows rigth now: Drive C: Initial size - 1152 Maximum - 2304 Drive F: No Paging File What should i set drive f to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigw Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 Burn it !!!!!!!! Then Blame CANADA!! Sorry, I dont know but I had to say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 i have 768 RAM and 2 HDD. Drive C is an 80gig and Drive F is 120gig. how should i set it. This is what it shows rigth now: Drive C: Initial size - 1152 Maximum - 2304 Drive F: No Paging File What should i set drive f to? I would move the entire pagefile to whichever gets used less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 should i change mine? i dont really know what it does but mine was like this already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 Blunted : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 Burn it !!!!!!!! Then Blame CANADA!! Sorry, I dont know but I had to say that. LOL, the way that post is worded made me sorry netmasta, had to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite.Pete Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 hmm, i still say no paging file makes my pc run 2x as fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 24, 2005 CID Share Posted August 24, 2005 hmm, i still say no paging file makes my pc run 2x as fast even if you set it to nothing, Windows will still use a pagefile (although small) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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