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    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by zekaks92, May 31, 2012.

  1. zekaks92

    zekaks92 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have r2 i5 8gb...if i disable paging file(virtual memory) what the advantages i ll win?or u don't recommend that?or customize size? ...here windows allocated 8gb!!
     
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  2. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Page file is using the resource from the HDD or SSD as memory but when it comes to an SSD losing 8GB of space is huge so you can disable it and it will utilise the RAM instead, however some programs do require a page file to run.
     
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    I seem to recall you should not disable it in Win7
     
    surfxombie, May 31, 2012
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    I have mine disabled on both my systems only ever seen a problem with Starcraft 2 becoming unhappy without it and lowering the graphics that was all.
     
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  5. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I just drop mine down to a lower number (200)... no need to loose 8gb on my ssd for pagefile.

    I have heard that some games run better with out pagefile on though.
     
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    I use 512mb and system it's stable!
     
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    Just set 32MB of pagefile and be happy with it.
     
    James D, May 31, 2012
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    I've never heard of this. What does it actually do, is it beneficial. Shall I do it!!!
     
    tomcannon, May 31, 2012
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    Most people I see who turn it off do so to gain some space back on ssd drives.

    Usually page file takes up the same amount of space as how much ram you have.

    So for me it cleared up 8gb of space on my 128gb ssd... thats a whole extra game I can install on it.
     
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    what it does is to take some space from your hard drive and use it as RAM, if you have an SSD it is a big change but on the case of the HDD the change is not normally that big, our recommended size is a Minimum of 2048MB and a Maximum of 4096MB. #IWork4AW
     
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    i set my minimum 2048 and maximum 2048...someone told me to use same numbers to not fragment the file...sorry my bad english
     
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  13. James D

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    Paging file:

    What it is: System use it like RAM if it has not enough memory.

    Advantages: not much RAM (<4GB)? You still can work fine.

    Disadvantages:
    1. On HDD:
    - Slows down your system searching smth on your HDD. Hard drive becomes less responsible. Not so snappy. etc.
    - May become even worse if it is fragmented a lot.

    2. On SSD:
    - Eats your space.
    - Decrease life span because of rewrites.

    How to lower fragmentation of paging file: force it some size. same for max and min.
    How to increase responsiveness of the system: put it on the outter part of the HDD possible. Like create a partition at the beginning and move paging file there. or put it at the beginning of drive C.

    What I suggest you: GO BUY AT LEAST 8 GB OF RAM AND LOWER PAGEFILE TO 32MB.

    TO INCREASE FREE SPACE ON SSD: If you do not use hibernation on your computer you can delete file hyberfil.sys which is like 1x-1.5x of your amount of RAM. to delete it go to RUN and type without quotes "powercfg -h off".
    To turn it on again change off on on.
     
    James D, May 31, 2012
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