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Old February 26, 2013, 12:00 AM
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Anyone else run with their swap file disabled? I haven't tried this for years. But after running a certain feline themed benchmark yesterday it suggested that my > than 12GB swap file should be reduced in size.

This got me thinking, hey! I just upgraded from 4 to 8 GB's of ram so why not turn it off altogether? So far so good for me. I don't have an SSD so I figure it's the next best thing I can do to avoid disk swapping in games. I haven't tested in games yet but benchmarking seemed to work well.
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Old February 26, 2013, 05:03 AM
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I don't run with a swap file and it works well 99% of the time. Windows is nice enough to warn you when you are running out of memory though so its usually just annoying that you ran out vs catastrophic. I have 32gb in my desktop, and i do run close to capacity when i am working. Never come even close when i game.
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Old February 26, 2013, 05:14 AM
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Yeah, I just game and surf with this rig. I did a bit of modded Oblivion. Still seems to hit the drive hard though. But thats the game not the OS. I guess an SSD is my only option. Get rid of this decade old tech.
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Old February 26, 2013, 05:13 PM
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Swap files are always good to use. Just setup a static 2gb for just cause.
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Old February 26, 2013, 09:14 PM
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Just setup a static 2gb for just cause
I'm not sure what your saying here?
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Old February 26, 2013, 10:03 PM
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I disabled mine when I upgraded to 16gb of ram. Hell even with a 4gb ramdisk (Still havent figured out exactly what im going to do with it yet) and still have 4gb to play with. Zero issues up to this point.
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Old February 26, 2013, 10:32 PM
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Good to hear. So far, so good for me as well. I don't see the need for a swap file if you don't need it, well, you don't need it.
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Old February 27, 2013, 04:54 AM
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Good to hear. So far, so good for me as well. I don't see the need for a swap file if you don't need it, well, you don't need it.
You can tell Windows what size of swap file you want. Tell it to be a static size of 2gb.. Go look you'll see its easy and simple and you'll keep windows happy.
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Old February 27, 2013, 06:06 AM
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Ah! You said 'Just Cause' I was thinking of the video game.

I know what you mean, but if windows isn't having a problem with a disabled swap file, why bother? Isn't it's purpose to make sure it (windows) has a scratch pad when it runs out of ram?
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