how to get rid of pagefile completely???

[PuMA]

I have disabled pagefile from the control panel, but task manager shows 300mb of pagefile still in use. Any1 is it possible to disable pagefile completely????

 

[Deleted member 3]

After you select no page file you need to reboot. Sometimes you need to manually delete pagefile.sys. I see no reason to do so though, it only brings trouble.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

You need a page file for some programs you know right?

 

[PuMA]

yes i know, but what does the 300mb pagefile do and do I really need it?? I've been running with pagefile disabled quite awhile now....

 

[Polaris573]

A while ago some people on the forums did a few tests and found that they received slightly better performance when they had a pagefile, run a search and you will probably find the thread. You have over 330GB of storage are you really going to miss 300MB?

 

[Tatty_Two]

I was one of those people that tested, many would say that if you have 2GB or more of RAM that a pagefile is not necessary, I tried working without one for 2 weeks, I saw no performance increase as some thought. The downside is that some applications use the Windows pagefile and by default expect to have Virtual memory enabled, if it is not the application might crash, such applications are CAD and some Video convertion and encoding/decoding software.

The secret is I think, to ensure that the initial size and the maximum size are the same so set it to "custom", that way there is less virtual swopping in the system, I have both of mine set to 2048.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

I did that test too. I found that photoshop could not run without pagefile, so I fixed it. Then I moved the pagefile on its own partition to the middle part of the hd, and performance increased a little.

 

[Kursah]

On my old system I had a second smaller HDD and used part of it to be my pagefile, leaving my main windows drive and game partition clear. That did increase performance some, but nothing worth getting a seperate HDD for. I also tried running with no pagefile, and it seemed my system got slower so after a couple of days it was back on. I see no purpose to disabling the pagefile, as Dan stated you're looking for trouble by disabling it.

 

[PuMA]

The reason I run without pagefile is because armed assault: the game runs smoother without pagefile. The only trouble I've found is that prime 95 reports out of virtual memory, but I can live without it. I run the game on separate HD, and saw some boost from it. So i might try to move the pagefile.sys to another folder and see if that helps.

 

[Tatty_Two]

You should not have problems running without a pagefile for games, games are not specifically written to make use of virtual memory, as I said in an earlier post, I ran without a pagefile for 2 weeks without a single hitch, gaming everyday but it is not recommended to run without one if you use various applications as some do expect virtual memory.

 

[tkpenalty]

hmm why not use an SSD for page file

 

[Tatty_Two]

hmm why not use an SSD for page file

But thats an exspensive option for a 1% performance increase, might as well just keep it on yer normal HDD.

 

[MrSeanKon]

Puma download OcBible (the System Reporter shows pagefile usage) and more hot info.
Discussion for pagefile usage here at ABXzone.
Unfortunatelly my photos there are not visible for guests.

 

[PuMA]

we had a good conversation about the no pagefile, in armed assault forums and some1 said that windows creates hidden pagefile, when no pagefile is selected, is that true???

 

[Zeratul_uy]

The reason I run without pagefile is because armed assault: the game runs smoother without pagefile. The only trouble I've found is that prime 95 reports out of virtual memory, but I can live without it. I run the game on separate HD, and saw some boost from it. So i might try to move the pagefile.sys to another folder and see if that helps.

Nonsense Who told you that?

 

[PuMA]

Nonsense Who told you that?

If u'r talking about deleting/moving pagefile.sys, it was banjoman: the very first post.(yes im a snitch )