Windows paging file

SF4AE1

SF4AE1

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Hi Guys,

Just a question.

Do you manage your own paging file in Windows or do you let Windows manage it for you?

I have 3 drives in my PC 2 SSDs and a mechanical main drive is an SSD and I have it set for Windows to manage all.

Up until last night I didn't however I had it set to something like 1024mb - I was playing Fallout 4 and within ten minutes it CTD with no warnings or explanation this happened another 4 or 5 times.

I then changed the paging file settings to manage all and went until I was done with no issues - This was the only main system preference I changed after installing windows and thought it must have been the cause but after setting windows to manage it im worried it is going to become a huge file over time.
 
ED209 said:
with mine I have set it to a min of 1024 with max of 2048.

I have 6GB of ram and I have had no issues playing games but they are not as demanding as fallout 4. my reason for doing this was to save space on the SSD.

how much ram do you have?
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16gb of RAM and an 8gb AMD GPU and everything was at max settings 60FPS fine at 1080P
 
ashlee84 said:
You could monitor how much swap file is being used while playing Fallout 4 and then set the page file to slightly higher then that.

Personally I just leave Windows to manage it by itself.
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Thanks - Could any recommend a good monitoring tool?
 
Cant really say guys its not like I got an error or anything it just plain stopped.

As this was the only thing I had changed - I reverted back to normal and its been fine ever since.
 
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