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Virtual Memory Slow down

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Name: Super-T
Date: May 2, 2000 at 20:18:40 Pacific
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Running Win '98 SE, I find that when my swap file reaches about 70 Meg then the computer slows down. i.e. slow to respond to mouse clicks, redraws slow etc. Windows is managing virtual memory & 300 Meg free space on the HD. A reboot knocks the swap file back down to size and all is then OK for a day. 96 Meg RAM. Any Ideas?



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Name: John L
Date: May 2, 2000 at 22:24:44 Pacific
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Set the swap file to a fixed size, usually what is recommended is two and a half times your amount of ram, it wouldn't hurt to get a bigger HD either.


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Name: Dave
Date: May 3, 2000 at 13:28:40 Pacific
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The above post is pretty much correct...cause it takes some overhead to constantly resize the swapfile. After setting it to a constant size [max and min the same], try adding the line

ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1

to your system.ini as the last line in the
[386Enh] section.

I did it because every so often a game would chunk. This way it only touches the swapfile when it runs out of physical memory.

Good luck


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