Aceshigh Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 hello, Just a question regarding the page file settings in Windows Vista. I can choose Vista to manage the page file size allowing it to grow in size as needed but some say this slows the system down? .. others say to fix the pagefile size to a locked size at 4096 MBs. Yet another says to make it small in size, say 512mb. So does anyone know what to use for Flightsimming, FSX & FTX. I have 4GBs of ram in my system. thanks. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Got mine locked on 3072mb, works well for me, specs in sig its seems most peeps advise locking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Hi Mark. I'm not too sure about Vista per se` BUT don't what ever you do allow Vista to run your Page file. Like many user's with XP and XP Pro you are by far better to fix the page file to 4096 Min and Max size, in this way it does not continously grow and shrink causing defragmentation at that point on the HDD. Move the pagefile.sys to its own directory preferably OFF and well away from the "C:\" partition location that is default. DO NOT be suckered by the error message about the page file HAVING to be on "C:\" as this is total BS. The only reason for having the pagefile.sys on the Boot OS drive is for writing a dump file if there are errors and I doubt the average person here can even read let along understand this information. The industry rule of thumb was 1.5 - 2 X system RAM size but you can only run up to a 4 Gb Page file anyway so since you have 4 Gb System RAM set it as 4096 Mb and leave it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceshigh Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Thanks guys.. I will set it up as advised and go for a late night flight. "Any excuse to fly over my new YPEC airport." LOL .... its late, Im tired, but one little flight wont hurt ... right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Vista 32 ? If you get 'IRQ_OUT_OF_RANGE' crashes, at least you know then why... Here is some more info if you like to try http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-US/Help/596FB57F-CC9D-4AC5-A813-5C0830E9156A1033.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I just moved it as well - let's see how that one turns out... That's a Raptor drive btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceshigh Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 I have my FSX & FTX on my second drive. Would having the page file on the second drive as well cause slowdown to FSX/FTX? As the drive would be reading both FTX files and the page file or does it work different than that? I only have the two drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan2 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Way off topic Mark, what happened about the DC3's. Maybe you could post the info on your old thread. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I have my FSX & FTX on my second drive. Would having the page file on the second drive as well cause slowdown to FSX/FTX? As the drive would be reading both FTX files and the page file or does it work different than that? I only have the two drives. Ah No I doubt it , Reason being the pagefile.sys is like to old swap file in earlier versions of "Louver's" but in general is managed better BUT that wouldn't be hard and it still isn't as efficient as the Windows 7 swap which is blinding. Secondly the popular belief is your Textures constantly read from HDD in FSX, according to my sources they are not but they are cached to Video RAM (usually) and stored ready to expedite the graphics presentation on screen. I forgot to mention that a smart move is to edit the registry ( EXERCISE EXTREME Caution if you are NOT familiar with doing so !! ) and set just 1 Temp Directory on your system too, and not the 3 that are currently used. This will also save seek time and clutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heiko Glatthorn Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yeah, never ever place the page file on the FSX drive which is usually very busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceshigh Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Way off topic Mark, what happened about the DC3's. Maybe you could post the info on your old thread. cheers Sorry I had forgot to update the topic. Now updated. Link below. http://orbxsystems.com/forums/index.php?topic=9642.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Pilot Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Reading Microsoft's "Vista Inside Out" book, it is recommended NOT to set page file as a fixed size. Instead one should let the OS manage it. The claim is made that while previous versions of Windows were prone to fragmentation when using variable swap files, the book states that "[t]he memory management subsystems in Windows XP and Windows Vista have been tuned to minimize the likelihood of perfromance problems." p751. Perhaps my favorite thing about Vista (and presumably in Windows 7 as the code is largely the same) is that the OS takes care of itself. Or so is claimed!...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyHill Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 And you trust Microsoft??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 And you trust Microsoft??? what? If you are using MS as and OS, you then go and read the LINUX manual on how to use/srtup the page file? Also if you are using MS as an OS then you trust MS! I would trust the manual more than the garbage I see on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Pilot Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Well the tip about page files in that book was also under the listing of tweaks to be avoided. So obviously they are aware of what people are trying to do with the page file to get better performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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