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| Thread ID: 45553 | 2004-05-26 00:08:00 | Windows Swapfile size | Thorpey (5687) | Press F1 |
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| 239299 | 2004-05-26 00:08:00 | I read with interest the May issue article by Kirk Steers - 'Perk up your PC' - and noted the recommendation on setting a constant swapfile size. This is not the first time I have seen this recommendation but each time I have seen it there is no discussion on whether this is necessary ( or practical) on PCs with larger amounts of RAM installed. Am I to assume that even though I have 1 GB of RAM I still need a constant swapfile size of 2.5 - 3GB?? This seems a little excessive as there wouldn't be many instances of a regular PC user needing that much virtual RAM. I would have thought that if someone was doing graphics intensive work then the more memory the better but 'Joe User' could get by with, say, a swapfile 1.5 times their RAM? I have read Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 308417 but it is very general and I don't think it has been seriously updated since Win 98. It is true that hard drives tend to be quite large these days and a GB here or there wouldn't be noticed but it seems a little unnecessary. regards Steve |
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| 239300 | 2004-05-26 00:30:00 | for 9x/me the 2.5x rule is a load of crap for the very reasons you have posted. however for 2k/xp have a look at this article (www.osnn.net). old thread here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
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| 239301 | 2004-05-26 03:10:00 | Thanks for that - an lot clearer now. I guess I can spare the space on the HDD. | Thorpey (5687) | ||
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