Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
     
 
Home Gallery Reviews Blogs Register Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Members List


Go Back   Overclock.net - Overclocking.net > Components > Hard Drives & Storage
Reload this Page Does Virtual Memory Actually do anything?

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 06-23-09   #1 (permalink)
Graphics Card Aficionado
 
Contagion's Avatar
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: May 2009
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,954

Rep: 110 Contagion is acknowledged by manyContagion is acknowledged by many
Unique Rep: 92
Trader Rating: 14
Default Does Virtual Memory Actually do anything?
I wasnt sure where to put this but i know that paging uses HDD space so i put it here.
anyways i have set my paging file size to 6gb and have seen no increase in performance.
__________________
SEX
Look to the right now
Click to view Results that include, Folding, Crysis, Batman AA, CoD4 and More!

4890 1ghz Validation HERE!
Phenom II 550 Unlocked at 4012Mhz HERE!

System: 16K PPD
CPU
Phenom II X4 B50 3825Mhz		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X UD4P		 Memory
OCZ (2 x 2GB) DDR2 		Graphics Card
EVGA GTX 275 Co-op 705/1577/1220
Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 500gb		 Sound Card
8 Channel Realtek ALC887		 Power Supply
CM Real Power Pro 750 watt		 Case
CoolerMaster HAF 932
CPU cooling
Scythe Mugen 2 CM Y720's Push/Pull and MX-2		 GPU cooling
Stock		 OS
Windows 7 Ultimate RC X64 7229		 Monitor
Toshiba 20HLV86 20''
Contagion is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-09   #2 (permalink)
PC Gamer
 
Conley's Avatar
 
amd nvidia

Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,399

Rep: 92 Conley is acknowledged by some
Unique Rep: 83
Folding Team Rank: 741
Trader Rating: 1
Default
I see an increase in performance when I turn my PF completely off. A lot of people don't like this idea, but my system hasn't crashed in the 4 months I've been on Win7, nor on the 3 months before that on XP. Nor has my other rig, which has been going for nine months.

All of those systems had the PF off.

I suppose the only way to find out is to try yourself, but for me it makes a pretty big difference. I'd only recommend it if you have 4GB of RAM or more.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by HappycoreDJ View Post
1.3MP camera? Fail more, yeah?
Quote:
Originally Posted by T3h_Ch33z_Muncha View Post
More pixels than your monitor.
OCN TF2 Server IP - 68.232.173.130:27015
OCN TF2 PUG server IP: 8.12.68.58:27015

System: Conley's Computer
CPU
Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.3GHz (1.296V)		 Motherboard
Biostar TA790GX XE		 Memory
G.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) @ 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 		Graphics Card
XFX GTX 275 @ 713/1566/1224
Hard Drive
Seagate 7200RPM 250GB + WD 7200RPM 320GB(external)		 Sound Card
X-Fi Xtreme Gamer		 Power Supply
Rosewill 550W		 Case
Antec Three Hundred
CPU cooling
Stock (for now)		 OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit		 Monitor
AOC 2216Sw 22"
Conley is offline I fold for Overclock.net   Reply With Quote
Old 06-24-09   #3 (permalink)
WaterCooler
 
wimcle's Avatar
 
intel nvidia

Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Shawnee,KS
Posts: 304

Rep: 38 wimcle is acknowledged by some
Unique Rep: 35
Trader Rating: 1
Default
You can always put your pagefile in a ramdisk
__________________
System: water damage
CPU
920 4.1 21x195		 Motherboard
Gigabyte ex58-ds4		 Memory
6+3G OCZ gold ddr3 1600 c7 		Graphics Card
BFG gtx280
Hard Drive
wd6401aals x6		 Power Supply
Corsair tx650w		 Case
CM 590
CPU cooling
Dangerden MC-TDX		 GPU cooling
XSPC razor		 OS
XP		 Monitor
Samsung 2343bwx
wimcle is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:21 AM.

Contact Us - Overclock.net - Archive - Top

Overclock.net is a Carbon Neutral Site Creative Commons License

Terms of Service / Forum Rules | Privacy Policy | DMCA Info | Advertising | Become an Official Vendor
Copyright © 2009 Shogun Interactive Development. Most rights reserved.
Page generated in 0.10624 seconds with 8 queries