Author Topic: Swap file help ?? (Read 766 times)

ROOSTER3 · « **on:** July 16, 2001, 05:18:00 PM »

I have 384 RAM and have set up my swap-file to 957 min and 957max... just checking to make sure that is correct or is there another setting i should use..any input would be helpfull...

bloom25 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 17, 2001, 12:05:00 AM »

That's way to big.

500 MB would be safe. (If a bit large.)

ROOSTER3 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2001, 05:24:00 AM »

thx bloom25 ...smae thing my p.c tech here at home told me.. i was just getting confused alot of people are telling me to go with 2.5X my Ram..

Eagler · « **Reply #3 on:** July 17, 2001, 06:05:00 AM »

bloom25
what's the rule of thumb here, 1.5x your physical ram? Both min and max the same??

straffo · « **Reply #4 on:** July 17, 2001, 06:45:00 AM »

With the HUGE memory in actual PC use the memory size it should be enought (except for specials needs ...

Lephturn · « **Reply #5 on:** July 17, 2001, 08:21:00 AM »

The old 2.5 x RAM rule does not apply any more. If you have 256 or more, you won't need anything like 2.5 times that.

Bottom line is you rarely need more than about 300 megs. Once you reach that number, the 2.5 rule isn't valid anymore. I am running 350min 350 max on my machine with 256 Megs of RAM and it works fine. 500 megs is normally overkill. Having too much swap space is not a big deal, but the OS does have to manage and track the extra space, so don't go nuts with it. Somewhere between 250 and 500 is fine.

BTW, be sure to keep your swap on your fastest hard drive. If you have two physical drives that are both fast ones, put the swap file on the opposite one to your OS itself to improve performance. Always defrag your hard drive completely before you move or change your swap file. Just to be safe, do it again after you change it.

bloom25 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 17, 2001, 10:55:00 AM »

The old 2.5x ram rule is just that, old. Depending on what you do with your computer, 100 - 500 mb if you have, say 128 MB+.

If you do a lot of photoediting, and or video, I would probably suggest you just set the min size to be safe. If you have an absolute pile of ram (512Mb +) in Win9x the swap file is nearly useless. 100Mb is plenty then.

Sandman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2001, 11:44:00 AM »

Get this and stop worrying about it.

Cacheman

ROOSTER3 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 17, 2001, 01:49:00 PM »

Thx every body for your help and time on this on the swap-file issue.. I have set my min and max to 450 now and have also installed the cacheman. saw alot of improvment when i installed the Cacheman.think it was or is just what some one needs that realy doesnt have a lot of technical exp on a p.c..after tweaking wentack online andnoticed about a 5 FPS increase and alot more smoother game play.. i have to admit i love this game and love learning new ways to enhance game play.. again thx to all for the help..