Pagefile confusion. Windows 10.

neatfeatguy · Feb 9, 2018

I have had a few instances where if there was no page file set games would cause low memory issues; which in turn would cause the game to run sluggishly.

Last game I came into this issue was Shadow of Mordor. GTX 980Ti, 16GB RAM and I ran the game across 5760x1080. I could play the game for 10 minutes some days or hours on other days before the low memory issue struck. Sure, the game was utilizing all 6GB of VRAM, but only making use of 3-4GB of RAM.

Dinking around with settings in the game and so forth I found no solution. I eventually figured I'd check the pagefile - it was turned off. I turned it on and set it 4096MB. After that, no low memory issue with the game. I don't know why it was off for me since I never touched it before. Perhaps Windows 7 thought it was ideal to turn it off because I had just done a clean install of Windows on the new SSD I just installed.

So, in my opinion, I wouldn't recommend anyone to turning it off.

TheMailMan78 · Feb 9, 2018

Am I the only one on this forum that just installs windows, lets it update and installs the basic drivers like Nvidia and then just uses the system normally for years? WTH does everyone seem to "fix" so much that isn't broken?

BiggieShady · Feb 9, 2018

TheMailMan78 said:
Am I the only one on this forum ...

Nope, we just update graphics drivers more often

NdMk2o1o · Feb 9, 2018

newtekie1 said:
The page file setting is literally in the exact same place in Windows 7 and 10, accessed the same way through Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings

It takes me about 5 minutes to get a fresh install of Windows 10 to the way I like it and almost running the same as Windows 7.

Yea it was me being an idiot, I thought they replaced control panel with settings which does most of what control panel does though you cannot change pagefile from settings anywhere, also sure there used to be a link to cp with win+X though it's not the only way I could find control panel was to type it into start, needless to say I've pinned it to the task bar now :laugh:

Bill_Bright · Feb 9, 2018

NdMk2o1o said:
I thought they replaced control panel with settings

They did, more or less. At least they are working their way towards getting rid of the CP completely. But it is still there. I created a shortcut to it and put it in my Quicklaunch tool bar - another well liked, but hidden feature from days past.

BTW, you can easily get to the Control Panel from within Settings by typing Control Panel in the Find a setting text box.

TheMailMan78 said:
Am I the only one on this forum that just installs windows, lets it update and installs the basic drivers like Nvidia and then just uses the system normally for years?

No you are not. And actually, that is how most users do it because the default settings work.

Jetster · Feb 9, 2018

That's the one thing I love about 10. Install it and forget it. Just works

Steevo · Feb 9, 2018

TheMailMan78 said:
Am I the only one on this forum that just installs windows, lets it update and installs the basic drivers like Nvidia and then just uses the system normally for years? WTH does everyone seem to "fix" so much that isn't broken?

I install windows, update, new drivers, disable a few services that I don't need, manually set pagefile to 2-3X RAM, and unless something major happens, I let windows do its thing.

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Pagefile confusion. Windows 10.

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