ConservativeSwapFile=1 in system.ini

[Wuming]

i saw from some forum about adding this line to this file under the 386Enh section. i am wondering:

1. what does this actually do?
2. are there any side effects to it? might the computer crash more easily?
3. would there be significant improvements if i am using win98se instead of win2k?

thanks!

 

[NesuD]

I have been using this trick for some time now and Haven't experienced any negative effects at all. what it appears to do is raise the threshold where win 9x begins to use the swapfile instead of ram. Win9x by default will go to the swap file long before it uses anywhere near all its ram. I am currently running 192 megs of ram and with my current configuration I am using 84 megs of my ram with zero swapfile usage. I don't even start to touch my swap file until I have used 117 megs of my ram and even then it uses verylittle swapfile maybe 3 megs at that point. If you have 192 megs of ram or more I would definately recommend it. I see great improvements in the very memory intensive stuff like 3d games that like lots of memory. Unreal comes to mind. It wants a lot of ram and will rape the swapfile to get it with this tweak implemented I never get any disk accesses at all while I play.

P.S. please join me in moment of silence for my pooer departed 128meg dimm that died this past week

 

[Wuming]

thanks! would try and see how it goes!