page file

dalex · 14 Apr 2006 at 09:48

quick question really,is 2gb enough to turn the page file off
cheers
dave

Dan G · 14 Apr 2006 at 10:11

Technically it is enough, but many applications rely on it so the usual answer is do not turn it off. More trouble than its worth from what I've heard.

Dutch Guy · 14 Apr 2006 at 10:17

No, pagefile is essential and turning it off or reducing the size actually makes your system slower.

It needs to be at least the same size as the memory.

There are prolly more threads about this in the Windows forum.

Overlag · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:27

Dutch Guy said:
No, pagefile is essential and turning it off or reducing the size actually makes your system slower.

It needs to be at least the same size as the memory.

There are prolly more threads about this in the Windows forum.

the thing that annoys me, as i have 2gig of ram, and windows STILL uses page file.... you will have 1.2gig of memory useage, then it starts going to page file.... leaving 0.8gig free..... ALL THE TIME! :confused:

Dutch Guy · 14 Apr 2006 at 12:43

Overlag said:
the thing that annoys me, as i have 2gig of ram, and windows STILL uses page file.... you will have 1.2gig of memory useage, then it starts going to page file.... leaving 0.8gig free..... ALL THE TIME!

Windows will always use the pagefile, I remember seeing a Windows infopage on the subject, I'll go look for it.

[edit]more info here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223[/edit]