will decreaseing the page file increase performance?

slipstream852 · 18 Oct 2010 at 19:24

If i lower the page file will this increase the performance at all?

Running windows xp home
1.5gb RAM
2.01ghz
512mb gc

my page file is currently set at 756mb now ive looked at the task manager and the commit charge is only 554 with few programs running.

now how much do you think i could lower it?

also if i completely zeroed it what would happen.

thank guys (sorry if i sound like a nuub)

rhysduck · 18 Oct 2010 at 20:35

slipstream852 said:
If i lower the page file will this increase the performance at all?

No. It will decrease performance if anything.
Why do you want to lower it? :confused:

XP creates the page file with a size of 1.5times the amount of RAM in your machine. So you the size of you Page File is correct

SiriusB · 18 Oct 2010 at 20:40

1.5 times is just a rough estimate. Besides, his is at 756mb which is half his RAM - not 1.5 times!

Let Windows manage the pagefile, it knows what it is doing.

The only way to improve the performance of the pagefile is to move it to a different HDD [actual disk, not just different partition on the same disk]. Though even then the gains are likely going to be marginal.

rhysduck · 18 Oct 2010 at 20:43

Looks like I read the GC RAM size. My bad

slipstream852 · 18 Oct 2010 at 20:47

what would you say i should ajust he page file down to then

if i got 1.5gb of ram then it should be??

i thought that the page file is only used when the ram is exceeded its availble memory?

SiriusB · 18 Oct 2010 at 20:50

You shouldn't adjust anything. Let Windows manage it and forget about it. You will see absolutely no performance increase whatsoever at best. You are far more likely to screw something up.

The pagefile is not an overflow for RAM. It is used by all sorts of applications even if you have free RAM which is why you can run into problems if it is too small or you disable it completely.

lokkers · 19 Oct 2010 at 06:41

The PageFile still exists in Windows Vista and 7 - if removing it had any benefit at all, I'm sure MS would have done so by now

Leave it alone - Windows knows what it's doing.

bledd · 19 Oct 2010 at 08:12

Set it to 'Windows managed' this gives best performance

J.B · 19 Oct 2010 at 08:17

SiriusB said:
You shouldn't adjust anything. Let Windows manage it and forget about it. You will see absolutely no performance increase whatsoever at best. You are far more likely to screw something up.

lokkers said:
Leave it alone - Windows knows what it's doing.

bledd. said:
Set it to 'Windows managed' this gives best performance

Where does this obsession with people trying to adjust it come from?

Cosimo · 19 Oct 2010 at 09:14

J.B said:
Where does this obsession with people trying to adjust it come from?

From the days of XP and before. You tweaked everything to make an OS perform better. These days it’s a waste of time.