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hi guys i want to know what page file size is recommended for a 4gb RAM . coz im into gaming and my pc is about 5 yrs old and i just want to know if there is such a thing about a recommended page file size in 4gb RAMS.
i have a :
Operating System
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1, 4gb RAM ,and 500gb hdd
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thanks for the advice sir leefrost. btw mine is a win7 32bit & 4gb ram not 64bit.
"For W7 in brief:
min size = RAM + 300mb = 3372mb (for 4GB of ram)
Max size = RAM x 3 = 9216mb (for 4GB of ram)"
That info. applies to the paging file of both 32bit or 64bit W7.
Erwin
When you have your C partition on a conventional fixed hard drive ( drive other than a solid state drive) and you use a Windows managed page file, it creates a situation where fragmentation occurs more quickly. The pagefile gets scattered all over the disk. If file fragments between scattered parts of the pagefile are removed the next file to be written, if it is of any size, is immediately in a fragmented state. This is because the available free disk space is fragmented. Using a third party defragmenter like Defraggler you can defragment free disk space.
thanks for the advice sir leefrost. btw mine is a win7 32bit & 4gb ram not 64bit.
I had recently recommended two very good 3rd party defrag. programs in a thread on defraging HERE
I agree with the posters in this thread about defraggler but it is slow and not suitable for large fragmentation such as what occurs with the installation of large AAA PC games. Auslogics is the best program for that task:
"Why not use a 3rd party disk defrag utility?
The W7 disk defrag. is so slow and poorly designed anyway.
There are free versions available of well respected "defraggler" and "Auslogics", both of which leaves the basic W7 defrag. for dead. For a fast defrag. use the latter and for a slower defrag that organises your files for better use, the former. I use both as Auslogics is handy for defraging after installing large games (4 to 6GB) in a short time" .
Back on topic though:
As for setting a custom volume size for your paging file, if you read Mark Russinovich’s technical description of how it works, you would know that "system managed size" has a size set already by that feature's code writer, unless Mark Russinovich is wrong when he explained:
"On Windows Vista and Server 2008, the minimum is intended to be large enough to hold a kernel-memory crash dump and is RAM plus 300MB or 1GB, whichever is larger. The maximum is either three times the size of RAM or 4GB, whichever is larger. That explains why the peak commit on my 8GB 64-bit system that’s visible in one of the screenshots is 32GB. I guess whoever wrote that code got their guidance from one of those magazines I mentioned!"
For W7 in brief:
min size = RAM + 300mb = 3372mb (for 4GB of ram)
Max size = RAM x 3 = 9216mb (for 4GB of ram)
As you have W7x64 and 4GB of ram (like this writer), your safe to leave the paging file on "system managed size" and forget about it. For general computing, your paging file will not be expanding and contracting at all.
I run Photoshop and play AAA PC games and have no problems with fragmentation due to paging file size (the size never changes from the min.), or anything else to do with the paging file's "system managed size".
If your running a ram intensive video editing program or anything else requiring lots of ram, you need more ram not a larger paging file.
thank you very much sir Gerry for the advice. btw what do you mean by your reply to leefrost, that "system managed" is not advisable?..because when i checked mine for the first time it is already set system managed and never touched or changed it. if not, then what is the best page file size for my PC?
