For the guys with 16gb RAM
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I'm on XP X64, I have a 4GB fixed size swap file on each of my drives.
i did this but then kept getting corrupt windows installs so i reduced it to the minimum - 400mb
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I never get why people do this, surely one of the benefits of having an SSD is very fast page file access. I let windows work it out for itself, its there as a failsafe.
(12GB but close enough)
Win 7 x64, and disabled swap file. Once in a blue moon (usually while photoshopping) I will actually get an out of memory error, but only if I'm being totally brutal with everything at the same time
I know what you mean, I used Adobe After Effects a lot and that bloody out of memory thing annoyed me so much Haha.
If only 8GB Dimms were cheaper I'd slap 16GB into my M-itx system, as 8GB is ok.
Just not the same when coming from 16GB though.
Also using Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64.
I have an ssd and 8gb ram (i know not 16) and I have no swap file. I turned it off because I read in a few places somewhere it wasn't recommended to be enabled on an ssd disk. If I used gimp / ps etc I would probably turn it on to be on the safe side.
I use 16GB of swap space, spanned over 2 64GB SSD drives (8GB on each SSD).
As well as software development, I'm an amateur motor-sport photographer shooting in RAW. When viewing/working with images I've seen over 8GB swap space in use, this is rare however and typically it's a few GB in use. I keep at 16GB because it's there, and should never run out regardless of the data I have loaded.
Windows 7 memory management is very advanced and my view pagefile should be left on. Regardless of SSD or HDD, memory management will still allocate/deallocate memory to page file in the same way, it's just much quicker on SSD!
Free memory is not wasted memory, as Windows 7 will prefetch executable files into prefetch buffer, and prefetch buffer (computer RAM) is far faster then any SSD.
So even if you look at memory I think i've got say 50% left I don't need a page file, your wasting memory that could be used for pre-fetch buffer.
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Wasn't to do with speed but moreso lifespan of the nand memory on the drive however I think it's more of an old hat thing now and doesn't matter too much anymore. Was also to do with capacity as I only have a single ssd @ 120gb and don't want any of it to be taken up by pagefile.
I've never had a single problem with the page file off and everything is fast. I just didn't see much point in writing anything to the ssd when not required if there is enough ram to cope with the demand.
I've never had a single problem with the page file off and everything is fast. I just didn't see much point in writing anything to the ssd when not required if there is enough ram to cope with the demand.
I do exactly this and it's fine. Why let Windows choose to put some stuff in the page file when I can have it use RAM for everything? The SSD lasts longer and system runs quicker. Win-win.
Ok understood as regard to wear. I would however put page file to HDD (if you have one). If you have multiple HDD's even better as it will span data over them.
Its recommended by MS NOT to disable the pagefile. Set it low but don't disable it as its known to cause problems whilst installing and using certain software.
The whole point of an SSD is super read/write speeds so I have to agree with those who just leave the pagefile on the SSD. However its recommended to set it to a fixed size
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The whole point of an SSD is super read/write speeds so I have to agree with those who just leave the pagefile on the SSD. However its recommended to set it to a fixed size
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Do not disable pagefiling. There are some programs that do require this feature to be enabled, otherwise the program will either crash or refuse to run at all. If you're worried about wearing down your SSD, then set the pagefiling to a HDD.
I have 8gb and a 64gb M4 with pagefiling set to 4gb, and according to SSD Life I still have about 8 and a half years on it.
I have 8gb and a 64gb M4 with pagefiling set to 4gb, and according to SSD Life I still have about 8 and a half years on it.
I don't actually use the pc for anything but games so as long as they stay good I'll leave it off. No problems yet so far and it's been running for a while. I'm being stubborn and not putting a mechanical drive in this machine so as not to taint it