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Offline ZeuZ

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Virtual Memory & Windows 7 32bit
« on: November 21, 2009, 12:32:37 PM »
I pretty much only use my pc for gaming (world of warcraft, fps games) and my question is, how should I handle the virtual memory aspect for better gaming performance? Currently the virtual memory is set to "Automatically manage paging file for all drives". Now is there a better or more precise setup to handle that for better performance for my gaming rig?

My setup:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHZ
Asus P5KC Mobo
Patriot PC2-6400 800mhz 4gigs
Western Digital SATA150 16mb 10,000rpm
GeForce 8800GT 512MB

Also on my hdd, I have 2 partitions, 1 solely for the os, and 1 for games, movies, mp3, etc. My system partition is 20gigs and has 7gigs free and my gaming partition has about 50gigs free. For the paging file option should I leave that to automatic with what I have or is there a better option for optimal performance for gaming?
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Re: Virtual Memory & Windows 7 32bit
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 01:10:19 PM »
This can be done very simply for your purposes. Just disable the page file and reboot. If you notice a performance decrease or increase, reenable and reboot or leave the page file as is.
An easy check to see if you "need" a page file would be to load up everything that you do at one time, many browser windows, games, email, etc. Then check the memory usage. If it is well below 70%, you probably do not need a page file. However, understand that Windows is a "paging" OS, meaning, depending on what you do, you could see a decrease in performance.
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Offline ZeuZ

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Re: Virtual Memory & Windows 7 32bit
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 01:15:34 PM »
Also, should I try that just for my os partition and/or the partition with my games on it or both partitions? Also your guide for tweaking the services for windows 7 rocks, hated having 45+ services after a clean install. Down to 23 running and running like charm, squeezing everything out that i can haha.
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