Re: Slow computer
- From: "AllenM" <allen.myake@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:08:27 -0700
If running applications is an issue with you then upgrading to physical
memory is a better option. Page filing is an enhancement to physical memory.
You want the majority of your memory processes to be handle by the physical
memory. The larger the page file the more fragmentation you're going to
have. If you are only using 64 MB on an XP machine then you should not
complain about your machine being slow. Most people prefer to set the
minimum and maximum the same to avoid fragmentation. What the standard
setting for the size of the page file should be is always changing. I
remember in the old days of Win95 the recommended size was physical RAM
minimum plus 11MB more for the maximum. You get different answers from the
exact size, to 1.5 times the physical to 2.5 times the physical. Point is
the more RAM you have the smaller your pagefile should be.
"Ken Blake" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> AllenM <allen.myake@xxxxxxxxx> typed:
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>> The size of your page file it contingent upon how much physical RAM
>> you have. Rule of thunb is 1.5 times more than the physical. So if I
>> have 512 MB RAM I would set my page file at 512MB-768MB.
>
>
> So if someone has 64MB of RAM (the official minimum for Windows XP), he
> should have 96MB of page file? If your page file is that small, the
> computer will hardly be able to run any applications at all.
>
> And if you have 2GB of RAM (more than almost anybody needs), you should
> have 3GB of page file? That's almost certainly far more than is needed,
> and is just a waste of disk space.
>
>
> Although that 1.5 times is the default, it's not a good one. The more RAM
> you have, the *less* page file you need.
>
>
>
>> Another good
>> idea is to move the page file off of the system partition.
>
>
> If you mean to another partition on your only hard drive, no this is not a
> good idea, and can hurt your performance. What it does is move the page
> file to a location on the hard drive distant from the other
> frequently-used data on the drive. The result is that every time Windows
> needs to use the page file, the time to get to it and back from it is
> increased.
> Putting the swap file on a second *physical* drive is a good idea, since
> it decreases head movement, but not to a second partition on a single
> drive. A good rule of thumb is that the page file should be on the
> most-used partition of the least-used physical drive. For almost everyone
> with a single drive, that's C:.
>
>
>
> For good info on the page file, read the late Alex Nichol's article at
> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
>
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
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