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|    Re: [OT] Windows swap file - any tips?    |
|    28 Jan 08 13:01:51    |
      From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be              StainlessSteelRat wrote:       > Alfie [UK] wrote:       >>> I do have 2.5 GB of RAM installed at this moment, so I'm fairly sure       >>> the swap file isn't actually being accessed a whole lot. But I hear       >>> these horror stories about how Windows has this tendency to keep       >>> accessing the swap file anyway, so I was curious whether messing       >>> with it might improve things, or not.       >>>       >> With current RAM costs upgrade to 4GB in whatever configuration your       >> MoBo supports in it's highest mode       >       > Ditto to that. Although I repeat again about setting your page file       > to a fixed (recommended) size.              I've been doing that for a few days now. Haven't had any problems yet, but I       can't really tell if it's an actual improvement or not.              > My problem now is lack of CPU power... (got plenty of RAM, and a       > powerful graphics card)              Yes, I'd like to upgrade to a new CPU as well, but money's too tight to       mention right now.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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