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Clint Comer · April 26th, 2003, 05:09 PM

Hey guys and gals. I was curious what my pageing file size should be. The initial and the max, and what buttons should be checked and which ones to be unchecked. I currently have 512mb of ram and soon be getting a gig more. Thanks.

Adrian Douglas · April 27th, 2003, 08:01 AM

I usually set mine to 3x the amount of installed RAM. As for the buttons you didn't mention the OS you are using. Generally, I set both the initial and max at the 3x RAM amount. Be sure to set the page file on c: to zero.

One thing though, make sure you back-up your system/create a restore point before making any changes.

Rob Lohman · May 1st, 2003, 09:01 AM

Beginning with Windows 2000 & XP I usually leave my page file
alone. It seems to be okay from the default for me. This ofcourse
depends on the amount of memory and such.

How much memory do you have?

Clint Comer · May 2nd, 2003, 02:00 AM

512 at the moment but I will soon be getting another gig to add to it.

Rob Lohman · May 2nd, 2003, 05:23 AM

With that amount of memory you should hardly ever need a page
memory at all (unless you are doing some serious visual effects
work). See what happens if you leave tha page file at its default.

April 26th, 2003, 05:09 PM	#1
Clint Comer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 144	Paging Hey guys and gals. I was curious what my pageing file size should be. The initial and the max, and what buttons should be checked and which ones to be unchecked. I currently have 512mb of ram and soon be getting a gig more. Thanks. __________________ Vlog On! http://youtube.com/clintus

April 27th, 2003, 08:01 AM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	I usually set mine to 3x the amount of installed RAM. As for the buttons you didn't mention the OS you are using. Generally, I set both the initial and max at the 3x RAM amount. Be sure to set the page file on c: to zero. One thing though, make sure you back-up your system/create a restore point before making any changes. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

May 1st, 2003, 09:01 AM	#3
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Beginning with Windows 2000 & XP I usually leave my page file alone. It seems to be okay from the default for me. This ofcourse depends on the amount of memory and such. How much memory do you have? __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 2nd, 2003, 02:00 AM	#4
Clint Comer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 144	512 at the moment but I will soon be getting another gig to add to it. __________________ Vlog On! http://youtube.com/clintus

May 2nd, 2003, 05:23 AM	#5
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	With that amount of memory you should hardly ever need a page memory at all (unless you are doing some serious visual effects work). See what happens if you leave tha page file at its default. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors