8GB RAM with NO PAGEFILE CLUB or TOPIC (lol)

[TirolokoRD]

Can be any slowdowns in the overall system performance is pagefile is disabled?

[Sash]

Hey Bigtime, once Ivy 3770 is out, il stick that bastard in my mobo and join the club! delete ALL the pagefile!

[dsbig]

my system still wont let me disable the pagefile, every time after log on I get message saying windows has created a temporary pagefile

[smnoamls]

As stated many many times, many windows installations will simply not allow you to disable paging file.
There could be a million reasons such as stuff you installed, services you set to run, network drives (yes a real reason) etc.
Please remember, that in normal working conditions your ram will always take the brunt of your performance needs, so dont worry about disabling paging file with a machine like yours.

[UZ7]

Originally Posted by joweyx

Can be any slowdowns in the overall system performance is pagefile is disabled?

Theoretically there shouldnt be any slowdowns but there will be some games/programs that can go loco when its disabled. One for example being BF3, it will give you a Direct X error if you disable it so I just set it to 1GB just to be safe.

[AaD-Marine]

deleted.

[smnoamls]

PLEASE READ
http://www.tweakhound.com/2011/10/10...g-without-one/
Best article on page file cons and pros I read in a long time. Very exhaustive.
I don't want to put a tl;dr version, prefer you guys read it yourself.
If you still think its too long, scroll to bottom to conclusions.

[dsbig]

I keep mine on a seperate drive along with 90% percent of my apps and games and vm images.

1 drive, boot and operation system

2nd drive programs,games,other stuff

3,backup and pagefile.......system information software says 8% of pagefile is in use when system is running

system really fast

[PhazeDelta1]

I havent't had my pagefile enabled in years and I have yet to run into a game or program error because of not having one.

[WhiteLightning]

yes you have 16GB how much is skyrim using for you ?

[k1net1cs]

Originally Posted by smnoamls

If you still think its too long, scroll to bottom to conclusions.

And yet, the conclusion says basically this : test it out yourself.
Helpful, ain't it?

[PhazeDelta1]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightning

yes you have 16GB how much is skyrim using for you ?

Idk, I havent played it yet. i have to finish other games first.

[gamerk2]

Originally Posted by Firestorm

I havent't had my pagefile enabled in years and I have yet to run into a game or program error because of not having one.

Because 32-bit applications on Win64 are limited to no more then 4GB of usage by themselves [assuming compiled with PAE].

And there is the slight increase in memory usage when running without a pagefile to consider, as all commits MUST be put into physical RAM, even if no data has been written to it yet. I've seen some apps that actually do worse without a pagefile for this reason.

The only real reason to bother to go without a pagefile would be to save HDD space [which is ever less of a concern these days], or more likely, prolonging the lifespan of a SSD drive. Still, as we start to get more x64 apps that will gladly eat more then 4GB of RAM, the no pagefile crowd is going to start to run into applications that will happily eat into 8GB RAM like its nothing.

[k1net1cs]

Originally Posted by gamerk2

Still, as we start to get more x64 apps that will gladly eat more then 4GB of RAM, the no pagefile crowd is going to start to run into applications that will happily eat into 8GB RAM like its nothing.

When 64-bit apps become the norm, I believe this'd already be a 64GB RAM club.
I mean, getting 16GB of DDR3 is already cheap now, and the transition to 64-bit apps are still slow, despite 64-bit OSes have sprung out for a few years already.

[gammelhat]

Originally Posted by gamerk2

Because 32-bit applications on Win64 are limited to no more then 4GB of usage by themselves [assuming compiled with PAE].

Compiled with LAA enabled (not PAE). Multiple 32bit apps can consume much more.

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by smnoamls

PLEASE READ
http://www.tweakhound.com/2011/10/10...g-without-one/
Best article on page file cons and pros I read in a long time. Very exhaustive.
I don't want to put a tl;dr version, prefer you guys read it yourself.
If you still think its too long, scroll to bottom to conclusions.

Nice article.

[RedSeptember]

Originally Posted by UZ7

Theoretically there shouldnt be any slowdowns but there will be some games/programs that can go loco when its disabled. One for example being BF3, it will give you a Direct X error if you disable it so I just set it to 1GB just to be safe.

I disabled mine and never had that issue. Might just be you, but thats interesting though.

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by UZ7

Theoretically there shouldnt be any slowdowns but there will be some games/programs that can go loco when its disabled. One for example being BF3, it will give you a Direct X error if you disable it so I just set it to 1GB just to be safe.

That error only occurs if your system reaches the commit limit, usually with 4GB or less ram.

[Matt26LFC]

Another reason to have it on (Just turned mine back on) is for a crash dump file, twice now in the last week I've had a random loss of power to my system and I have no idea why, so I thought I know I'll consult the crash dump file, went to access it and was like oh yeah no pagefile, no crash dump file, thats useful lol

So now hopefully if it happens again I might be able to find out the cause

[TirolokoRD]

Before getting the extra 8gb, the only game that I see that has some problems I think was MW3, it didn't dump but it freezes for 3 secs and then starts again. In a 2 hrs session, it happened twice...

Could be cause of the pagefile?

[IcE]

Originally Posted by k1net1cs

And yet, the conclusion says basically this : test it out yourself.
Helpful, ain't it?

Nah it basically says there's absolutely no difference either way.

[campcreekdude]

I thought Vista or Win 7 was smart enough to use ram instead of pagefile when there is enough ram

[Pill Monster]

Originally Posted by TirolokoRD

Before getting the extra 8gb, the only game that I see that has some problems I think was MW3, it didn't dump but it freezes for 3 secs and then starts again. In a 2 hrs session, it happened twice...

Could be cause of the pagefile?

No, I played MW3 with PF disabled no problem.

[tsunami231]

Originally Posted by campcreekdude

I thought Vista or Win 7 was smart enough to use ram instead of pagefile when there is enough ram

that is up to debate, hell this whole topic is and can be up for debate.

[lukas_1987_dion]

Well for me when I disabled PageFile my crashes are gone in Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and I don't have any problems with disabled PF ;-)

Thanks for tips all xD