Major System Performance Boost

Jiffyman · 09-23-2005, 07:32 AM

For those of you looking for a major performance boost you should try setting up multiple page files. Heres how you can try this for yourself, but first you should have a at least two partitions or an extra hard drive. After you have made sure that you have multiple partitions or an extra hard drive you are ready to set up your page filing system. First goto the control panel and select system. Once you are in the system prefrences. Then click on the advanced tab. After you have done that you should see a section called performace click the settings button. When you are in the performance options click the advanced tab. Then you should see a section that says virtual memory click the change button. After that a dialog box should pop up choose that partitions/disk drives that you want your pagefile on I recommend that you choose a custom size instead of a system managed page file the rest is up to you on how big the page file should be. This dramatically improved my system performance. If this helped you please tell me. If not still tell me I like to know when I'm of some help or not, and please remember I am open to suggestions.

computerhakk · 09-23-2005, 10:04 AM

it really sounds like it'll work.. im willing to try it on my really old amd 1 ghz.. do u knoe if i'll see any improvements?

its an amd 1ghz
256 mb ram
60gb hdd

4W4K3 · 09-23-2005, 01:25 PM

How exactly does this improve system performance? Generally, you want as little page file space as possible on your harddrive...not multiple ones. If you MOVE your page file to another harddrive (other than your OS dedicated one) can can experience better performance, but nothing significant. I'm jsut wondering how this will boost system performance...

Blue · 09-23-2005, 04:07 PM

You "Cannot" improve system performance by having your swap file write to seperate partitions on a single HD. You can however in theory improve performance using seperate HD's and have your swapfiles set up on each.

Edit:

Oh yea and as already said... There Is only a little performance increase by doing this.

Jiffyman · 09-23-2005, 06:54 PM

Although I just tested this last night I have noticed significant system improvements, such as faster logon times and programs load faster. I havn't had enough time to see what else it improved, but it did speed things up alot. Although putting a page file on another partition may not be as good as putting it on a serperate IDE channel or hard drive it still majorly improved system performance. Like I said check it out for yourself.

Blue · 09-24-2005, 04:18 AM

Well I dont want this to turn itself into an argument

but I have tested it for myself a loooooong time ago. Also every guide I've found on the internet has stated not to put your swap file on seperate partitions but rather only onto seperate HD's. Your little guide is actualy the only one I've come acrossed that says to create seperate partitions. I'm almost certain actually that you'll slow down your machine by doing so. Also the swap file is used very little and the more ram a system has the less it is used. Some apps though still need it.

Think of it this way... Putting your swap file onto a seperate HD then your apps is to minimize head travel. If you put several swap files on one HD then there is going to be allot of head travel thus slowing things down.

Now I know what your thinking

. Why has it not slowed down your system right? Well that is because of how much the swap file is actualy being used anyhow (very little).

4W4K3 · 09-24-2005, 05:21 AM

The only explanation i can think of that might yield better results, is if your original swap file was huge, and was badly fragemnted.

by creating a new one and spreading it across partitions, you get a chance to recompile it all, and it's less fragmented.

but if you simply defrag your existing HDD or creat a new individual one on a seperate HDD, you will probably notice the same "boost" in performance, if not more.

Jiffyman · 09-24-2005, 08:40 AM

Would you consider 700meg-1gig huge? I have 512 meg of ram as you can see on my signature.

lcp03o · 09-24-2005, 11:11 AM

Ive never been a fan of paging files. I have seen time and time again computers running out of memory and using a page file which slows the PC down alot!! Personally I have 512mb of memory and no page file!! My computer never slows down.

Take a look at my guide I wrote about speeding up your PC and how to find the bottle neck in your system.

http://www.computing-forums.com/comp...omputer-47.htm

4W4K3 · 09-24-2005, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lcp03o

Take a look at my guide I wrote about speeding up your PC and how to find the bottle neck in your system.

http://www.computing-forums.com/comp...omputer-47.htm

You've got to be a member there to read that.

I have 1GB of memory in my mahine, and use a 500MB paginv file. So yes i consider 700MB-1GB PageFile huge lol. I've herad bad things about not having a pagefile, so i want at least a small one.

09-23-2005, 07:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jiffyman Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 678	Major System Performance Boost For those of you looking for a major performance boost you should try setting up multiple page files. Heres how you can try this for yourself, but first you should have a at least two partitions or an extra hard drive. After you have made sure that you have multiple partitions or an extra hard drive you are ready to set up your page filing system. First goto the control panel and select system. Once you are in the system prefrences. Then click on the advanced tab. After you have done that you should see a section called performace click the settings button. When you are in the performance options click the advanced tab. Then you should see a section that says virtual memory click the change button. After that a dialog box should pop up choose that partitions/disk drives that you want your pagefile on I recommend that you choose a custom size instead of a system managed page file the rest is up to you on how big the page file should be. This dramatically improved my system performance. If this helped you please tell me. If not still tell me I like to know when I'm of some help or not, and please remember I am open to suggestions. __________________ Mother board: Gigabyte S-series GA-MA69GM-S2H Additional Specs Down There: http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/M...ProductID=2579 Processor: AMD A64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core RAM: 2gig DDR2 800mhz Last edited by Jiffyman; 09-23-2005 at 07:37 AM.

09-23-2005, 10:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,635	it really sounds like it'll work.. im willing to try it on my really old amd 1 ghz.. do u knoe if i'll see any improvements? its an amd 1ghz 256 mb ram 60gb hdd __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

09-23-2005, 01:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,876	How exactly does this improve system performance? Generally, you want as little page file space as possible on your harddrive...not multiple ones. If you MOVE your page file to another harddrive (other than your OS dedicated one) can can experience better performance, but nothing significant. I'm jsut wondering how this will boost system performance... __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-23-2005, 04:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blue VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Ontario Age: 35 Posts: 3,555	You "Cannot" improve system performance by having your swap file write to seperate partitions on a single HD. You can however in theory improve performance using seperate HD's and have your swapfiles set up on each. Edit: Oh yea and as already said... There Is only a little performance increase by doing this. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Last edited by Blue; 09-23-2005 at 04:21 PM.

09-23-2005, 06:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jiffyman Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 678	Check it Out for Yourself Although I just tested this last night I have noticed significant system improvements, such as faster logon times and programs load faster. I havn't had enough time to see what else it improved, but it did speed things up alot. Although putting a page file on another partition may not be as good as putting it on a serperate IDE channel or hard drive it still majorly improved system performance. Like I said check it out for yourself. __________________ Mother board: Gigabyte S-series GA-MA69GM-S2H Additional Specs Down There: http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/M...ProductID=2579 Processor: AMD A64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core RAM: 2gig DDR2 800mhz

09-24-2005, 04:18 AM	#6 (permalink)
Blue VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Ontario Age: 35 Posts: 3,555	Well I dont want this to turn itself into an argument but I have tested it for myself a loooooong time ago. Also every guide I've found on the internet has stated not to put your swap file on seperate partitions but rather only onto seperate HD's. Your little guide is actualy the only one I've come acrossed that says to create seperate partitions. I'm almost certain actually that you'll slow down your machine by doing so. Also the swap file is used very little and the more ram a system has the less it is used. Some apps though still need it. Think of it this way... Putting your swap file onto a seperate HD then your apps is to minimize head travel. If you put several swap files on one HD then there is going to be allot of head travel thus slowing things down. Now I know what your thinking . Why has it not slowed down your system right? Well that is because of how much the swap file is actualy being used anyhow (very little). __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-24-2005, 05:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,876	The only explanation i can think of that might yield better results, is if your original swap file was huge, and was badly fragemnted. by creating a new one and spreading it across partitions, you get a chance to recompile it all, and it's less fragmented. but if you simply defrag your existing HDD or creat a new individual one on a seperate HDD, you will probably notice the same "boost" in performance, if not more. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

09-24-2005, 08:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jiffyman Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: USA Age: 17 Posts: 678	Would you consider 700meg-1gig huge? I have 512 meg of ram as you can see on my signature. __________________ Mother board: Gigabyte S-series GA-MA69GM-S2H Additional Specs Down There: http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/M...ProductID=2579 Processor: AMD A64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core RAM: 2gig DDR2 800mhz Last edited by Jiffyman; 09-24-2005 at 08:44 AM.

09-24-2005, 11:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
lcp03o New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10	Ive never been a fan of paging files. I have seen time and time again computers running out of memory and using a page file which slows the PC down alot!! Personally I have 512mb of memory and no page file!! My computer never slows down. Take a look at my guide I wrote about speeding up your PC and how to find the bottle neck in your system. http://www.computing-forums.com/comp...omputer-47.htm __________________ Admin at Computing-Forums

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