Page File Optimization

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Noetic

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Hi, I am running Vista Business x64 on my notebook. It is a C2D 2.00GHz with 4GB RAM and a Geforce Go 7700.

My question is, what would be the optimal size of the virtual memory (page file) that my system should use? I currently have min=max=4092MB.

Should I lower it or raise it to be 1.5x or 2.0x my RAM? Or should I leave it as 1.0x my RAM like it is now?

Thanks for your help.
 

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Noetic said:
Hi, I am running Vista Business x64 on my notebook. It is a C2D 2.00GHz with 4GB RAM and a Geforce Go 7700.

My question is, what would be the optimal size of the virtual memory (page file) that my system should use? I currently have min=max=4092MB.

Should I lower it or raise it to be 1.5x or 2.0x my RAM? Or should I leave it as 1.0x my RAM like it is now?

Thanks for your help.
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Actually, I would not mind a answer here, I have almost the exact same setup, but I have nine set to 1.5X my ram
 

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Vista wipes the pagefile on every reboot, just let the OS manage it.
 

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    Intel Q9450 @ 3.2ghz
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    Abit QuadGT X38
    Memory
    2 X 2GB Gskill DDR2 1000
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI HD4870 512mb
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 640GB
    Western Digital 320GB
With 4GB of ram I doubt if the paging file comes into play much. I have mine set ot 1024 - 1024. Also you might want to set your windows core programs, i.e. kernel, to reside in memory vice paging file. Could improve performance.
 

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    i7 940 @ 4GHz (193 x 21) w/CNPS9900LED
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    Asus P6T Deluxe (BIOS 1604)
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    6GB (3x2GB) Corsair DDR3-1600 @ 8-8-8-21-1N
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    Tri-Fire 4870x2 + 4870 1GB
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    Azun Prelude 7.1 + Inspire T6200 5.1
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JaxMacFL said:
With 4GB of ram I doubt if the paging file comes into play much. I have mine set ot 1024 - 1024. Also you might want to set your windows core programs, i.e. kernel, to reside in memory vice paging file. Could improve performance.
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OK, and how do I do this ?
 

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wwoods said:
JaxMacFL said:
With 4GB of ram I doubt if the paging file comes into play much. I have mine set ot 1024 - 1024. Also you might want to set your windows core programs, i.e. kernel, to reside in memory vice paging file. Could improve performance.
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OK, and how do I do this ?
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You can use a program called Vista Manager, which is a tweak program. Very good app, I use it for certain feature tweaking. Also if you have another driver/partition, you can set the pagefile onto that other partition and take the load off the main drive.
 

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    Asus P5K
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    4GB DDR2 800 SDRAM
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wwoods said:
JaxMacFL said:
With 4GB of ram I doubt if the paging file comes into play much. I have mine set ot 1024 - 1024. Also you might want to set your windows core programs, i.e. kernel, to reside in memory vice paging file. Could improve performance.
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OK, and how do I do this ?
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OK, to set 'DisablePagingExecutive' registry entry press the 'Windows' key + 'r' and type in 'regedit'. Now expand HKLM > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Session Manager > Memory Management. Over on the right hand side right click on 'DisablePagingExecutive' and select 'Modify....'. In the 'Value data:' put '1'. Click 'OK'. If 'DisablePagingExecutive' is not listed then right click anywhere on a blank space on the right side and select 'New' > 'DWORD (32-bit) Value' and name it 'DisablePagingExecutive' and give it a value of '1'.:)
 

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  • CPU
    i7 940 @ 4GHz (193 x 21) w/CNPS9900LED
    Motherboard
    Asus P6T Deluxe (BIOS 1604)
    Memory
    6GB (3x2GB) Corsair DDR3-1600 @ 8-8-8-21-1N
    Graphics Card(s)
    Tri-Fire 4870x2 + 4870 1GB
    Sound Card
    Azun Prelude 7.1 + Inspire T6200 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 3008WFP
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1600
    Hard Drives
    300GB WD VelicoRaptor
    PSU
    SilverStone DA 1200
    Case
    CM HAF 932
    Cooling
    3x230mm 1x140mm 1x120mm
    Keyboard
    G15 Gaming KB
    Mouse
    MX Revolution
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