What do you recomend for a paging file?

[JimboG]

I will soon have 512 megs of ram. I run windows whistler beta (But formating that off and putting back on 2000). What do you all suggest for it, I currently use a min of double my ram (64 megs of ram) and a max of a gig. That formula doesn't quite equate correctly when you put 512 in there.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[DaddyG]

Jimbo, there really ins't a magik formula. It all depends on the programs and the # of programs that you keep open.

 

[DaddyG]

Jimbo, there really ins't a magik formula. It all depends on the programs and the # of programs that you keep open.

 

[hungrypete]

It seems to be a personal thing, and there are no hard facts supporting any particular size. However, I think it is appropriate to have approximately 300-400 total memory available to the operating system. Therefore if you have 256MB ram, set it to 100-150. With your 512, I would tinker with it and run it as small as I possibly could and still have all of my software function properly. I would personally not disable it though, there are programs that require it. Be careful, you can start a flamewar with questions about page files, some people think that they *know* what it should be. Ignore those people and do what works best for you.

BTW I have 256MB ram, and I set mine to MIN:0, MAX:100. It's extremely snappy and doesnt even use a pagefile until I start to really abuse the system. I use these settings in Windows 2000 and Windows ME.

 

[johneetrash]

run system monitor to track your swap file usage for 3 or 4 days with your new ram (and your existing ram too if you wanna do that now)... you dont have to stress it like all the time, just use your system as normal, and log it.. then look at the highest value there and maybe make that the max swap file thing, and then 0 for min. i got that from a site that i forgot, but it seems that this would be the best way to determine your own swap file since everyone runs different apps and have different amounts of ram