swap file question

LittleHoov · 08-20-2005, 05:29 AM

currently i just have one HD and obviously thats where my swap file is located, ive been thinking about acquiring an older HD to put my swap file on as ive heard this can cause a notable performance increase, first off can anyone back that statement up, and secondly how can i change which drive the swap file is on once i get the new drive, do i just make the first HD swap file a 0 and then the second drive however big? thanks

LittleHoov · 08-21-2005, 06:27 AM

anyone?

run4it · 08-21-2005, 06:48 AM

i think its referred to as the page file now. If you go to properties for my computer and then go to the advanced tab, then under performance click the settings button you can control the page file from there. hopefully you can figure it out from there.

celsdogg · 08-21-2005, 11:04 PM

it is a good idea to put ure swap file on another physical drive. however, if ure second drive where you are going to place the swap/page file does not have a large cache, then dont bother.

also, i have been doing this since win95, set ure swap file to a fixed size by making the min and max sizes the same. that will keep windows from resizing it, which it sometimes seems to do at the most inopportune times, altho that was more a problem on 9x, not XP or 2k.

while we are at it, while it is also called the swap or page file, it is sometimes called virtual memory.

**Praetor** · 08-22-2005, 05:45 AM

You'll only notice a performance difference if the dirve you're putting the swap on is at least as good as the drive you've got installed now ... putting the swap on a 3600rpm drive isnt adviseable. Even if you do have it installed on a closely matched mobo, it wont be an earthshattering difference

LittleHoov · 08-23-2005, 04:40 AM

so going from my current setup (see sig) to an older 5400 or 7200 IDE would probably not make much of a difference if any, or would it possibly slow it down?

celsdogg · 08-23-2005, 06:36 PM

at this point it you were to put it on a 7200rpm drive, with 8mb cache, it would prolly help a lil but, but only when ure doing disk extensive things. anything lesser than that, ure most likely going to be doin a downgrade

08-20-2005, 05:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 21 Posts: 310	swap file question currently i just have one HD and obviously thats where my swap file is located, ive been thinking about acquiring an older HD to put my swap file on as ive heard this can cause a notable performance increase, first off can anyone back that statement up, and secondly how can i change which drive the swap file is on once i get the new drive, do i just make the first HD swap file a 0 and then the second drive however big? thanks __________________ ZTSystems Notebook Intel Core Duo 2 TS5450 1.66ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM 250GB Hard Drive Nvidia 8600M GT OCed at 600/430 plus a host of other goodies.

08-21-2005, 06:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 21 Posts: 310	anyone? __________________ ZTSystems Notebook Intel Core Duo 2 TS5450 1.66ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM 250GB Hard Drive Nvidia 8600M GT OCed at 600/430 plus a host of other goodies.

08-21-2005, 06:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 234	i think its referred to as the page file now. If you go to properties for my computer and then go to the advanced tab, then under performance click the settings button you can control the page file from there. hopefully you can figure it out from there. __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 2 x 80 GB WD Pata Hard Drives Xp Pro x32

08-21-2005, 11:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
celsdogg Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Age: 26 Posts: 306	it is a good idea to put ure swap file on another physical drive. however, if ure second drive where you are going to place the swap/page file does not have a large cache, then dont bother. also, i have been doing this since win95, set ure swap file to a fixed size by making the min and max sizes the same. that will keep windows from resizing it, which it sometimes seems to do at the most inopportune times, altho that was more a problem on 9x, not XP or 2k. while we are at it, while it is also called the swap or page file, it is sometimes called virtual memory. __________________ VALERIE - AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, nVidia GeForceFX 5700 128MB DDR, two 160GB Seagate HDD, two 250GB Seagate HDD, WinXP Pro SARAH (Toshiba Laptop) - Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 512MB DDR SDRAM, Trident Cyberblade XP2 32MB, 60GB Samsung HDD, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

08-22-2005, 05:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	You'll only notice a performance difference if the dirve you're putting the swap on is at least as good as the drive you've got installed now ... putting the swap on a 3600rpm drive isnt adviseable. Even if you do have it installed on a closely matched mobo, it wont be an earthshattering difference __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

08-23-2005, 04:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 21 Posts: 310	so going from my current setup (see sig) to an older 5400 or 7200 IDE would probably not make much of a difference if any, or would it possibly slow it down? __________________ ZTSystems Notebook Intel Core Duo 2 TS5450 1.66ghz 3GB DDR2 RAM 250GB Hard Drive Nvidia 8600M GT OCed at 600/430 plus a host of other goodies.

08-23-2005, 06:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
celsdogg Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Age: 26 Posts: 306	at this point it you were to put it on a 7200rpm drive, with 8mb cache, it would prolly help a lil but, but only when ure doing disk extensive things. anything lesser than that, ure most likely going to be doin a downgrade __________________ VALERIE - AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, nVidia GeForceFX 5700 128MB DDR, two 160GB Seagate HDD, two 250GB Seagate HDD, WinXP Pro SARAH (Toshiba Laptop) - Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 512MB DDR SDRAM, Trident Cyberblade XP2 32MB, 60GB Samsung HDD, Ubuntu Linux 7.10 MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

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