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I think the moral of this thread is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" in terms of anything related to pagefile of modern operating systems. I mean it's not hard to let the experts do their job and from what I've tested with pf (on and off with different sizes)

Just leave the damn thing alone.
 
Purely for bedevilment get a Ramdrive sorted out and put your pagefile on it, then you have a pagefile In ram, done and your pc is actually strangely much quicker in general use.
 
And again, if you read through this thread and the links, you will see why stealing a chunk of RAM for the page file is not a very smart idea. RAM drives are fine. Page files are great. Page files on RAM drives makes no technical sense - unless, maybe, dreadfully low on free disk space. Then the real solution is to free up or buy more space.
theoneandonlymrk said:
Purely for bedevilment...
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Yeah. :(
 
You are a stroppy one lolzz ,a system IS QUICKER in use for definate as I suggested simples ,and reading be damned, i've read as much as I ever might need to on the subject in this thread alone and more than that for years besides, on and off in the quest for that bit moar, I've assed about with pcs my whole life as have others here abouts, stop assuming every ones a tard for having different opinions ,and I'm not going to back my opinion up with anything off Google either cos I never could be assed doing other peoples research when I've learnt the long arduous tried and benched it route.
 
Bill_Bright said:
If you read back through this thread, you will see there are still many current programs that expect to find and will use the PF - regardless the amount of installed RAM. You seem to be implying that is a bad thing. It is not.

If you read back through the 1/2 dozen links that show the advantages to the PF, you would learn how memory management works with the PF. Also a good thing.
I think that last statement says it all. Your bias has clouded your view of the facts. Microsoft is stupid for still using the PF, but all the developers of the many versions of Linux which also use a page file don't matter because you don't play in Linux? Yeah right! :rolleyes:

So I absolutely believe you when you say you are not a MS programmer! And as to your opinion, I'll take you up on your offer and leave it, and stick with the opinions of the many real experts (as seen in all the provided links above).

I think it is important to note that memory management is also controlled by the CPUs via on-die memory managers used by both AMD and Intel. And these management protocols are not dictated strictly by Microsoft but through extensive cooperative effort by the CPU makers, various OS makers (not just MS) and others. Yes, MS has the major hand with Windows, and until Man can create perfection, there's always room for improvement. But the fact is, Windows knows how to manage virtual memory very well. If the PF did not provide any benefits, it would not be used.
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You leave my opinion alone, I've done the work for it to be founded as it is. So, If you are done being condescending, please get out from under M$'s desk.
 
DeathtoGnomes said:
You leave my opinion alone, I've done the work for it to be founded as it is. So, If you are done being condescending, please get out from under M$'s desk.
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Opinions can be so far from the facts. It may be that in YOUR cases when you played around with pagefiles that YOU got those results. However when I did research with pagefile goodness and tested it across different machines it lines up with what @Bill_Bright says and what Microsoft puts out there.

I'm not targetting anyone, but if someone wants to argue with 1. People who know how Windows works with pagefiles and has actually done their studies within the halls of the OS birthplace (to clarify not me but someone else here) and 2. Argue their word against Microsoft's engineers who made the thing then by all means voice it on the Microsoft forums.

This thread has answered the question and we really don't need to keep this backwards debate going. Some of y'all are getting hostile when you literally post your opinions on a public forum.

I ask the thread to be locked.
 
You are talking to walls Toothless. Folks not even willing to research the facts are not worth it. As you noted opinions are not facts. I did not post links to people's opinions, or even my own, for that matter. So it seems to me the condescending ones are those not willing to backup their comments with documented facts. And since no one has been able to provide any documentation or supporting evidence for not sticking with the Windows default settings, then oh well.

What's next I wonder? Are folks going to call for the removal of L1, L2, and L3 caches from CPUs because they have lots of RAM and fast SSDs?
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I ask the thread to be locked.
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I guess that's up to the OP but I think Recon-UK has his answer so I second the motion to lock the thread.
 
Lock thread please.
 
No! next topic Religion

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Thread closed as per OP's request.
 
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