Pagefile question

> I'm running XP HOME on a P4 3.2 GHz with HT Technology with 1024MB DDR
> SDRAM at 400 MHz, a 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, and a
> 120GB SATA hard drive. I run a very intensive application/game that is
> CPU intensive (Flight Sim 2004 with several add-ons). I'm confused about
> what the ideal pagefile size should be. Somewhere along the way I got an
> initial setting of 1536 and a max of 3072. Does that sound about right,
> or is there a better configuration for my set up? Or, should I just let
> the system manage the pagefile? Thanks for helping a medium knowledge
> computer user!!!

> Will,
> The article didn't make too much sense to me. Do you agree that I should
> just let the System handle the page file and be done with it?
>
>
> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23XWwH3j$EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

>> Hi
>>
>> Please try the following article by Alex Nichol:
>>
>> "Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Will Denny
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>
>>
>> "Chuck Dreier" <chucknsc@mindspringnospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:AouHd.537$cZ1.234@newsread2.news.atl.earthlin k.net...

>>> I'm running XP HOME on a P4 3.2 GHz with HT Technology with 1024MB DDR
>>> SDRAM at 400 MHz, a 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, and a
>>> 120GB SATA hard drive. I run a very intensive application/game that is
>>> CPU intensive (Flight Sim 2004 with several add-ons). I'm confused
>>> about what the ideal pagefile size should be. Somewhere along the way I
>>> got an initial setting of 1536 and a max of 3072. Does that sound about
>>> right, or is there a better configuration for my set up? Or, should I
>>> just let the system manage the pagefile? Thanks for helping a medium
>>> knowledge computer user!!!

>>
>>

>
>

> Hi
>
> Yes, I let the systems here handle the Pagefile - and don't have any
> problems.
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "Chuck Dreier" <chucknsc@mindspringnospam.com> wrote in message
> news:5hzHd.864$cZ1.57@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink .net...

>> Will,
>> The article didn't make too much sense to me. Do you agree that I should
>> just let the System handle the page file and be done with it?
>>
>>
>> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23XWwH3j$EHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Please try the following article by Alex Nichol:
>>>
>>> "Virtual Memory in Windows XP"
>>> http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.php
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Will Denny
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>>
>>>
>>> "Chuck Dreier" <chucknsc@mindspringnospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:AouHd.537$cZ1.234@newsread2.news.atl.earthlin k.net...
>>>> I'm running XP HOME on a P4 3.2 GHz with HT Technology with 1024MB DDR
>>>> SDRAM at 400 MHz, a 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, and a
>>>> 120GB SATA hard drive. I run a very intensive application/game that is
>>>> CPU intensive (Flight Sim 2004 with several add-ons). I'm confused
>>>> about what the ideal pagefile size should be. Somewhere along the way
>>>> I got an initial setting of 1536 and a max of 3072. Does that sound
>>>> about right, or is there a better configuration for my set up? Or,
>>>> should I just let the system manage the pagefile? Thanks for helping a
>>>> medium knowledge computer user!!!
>>>
>>>

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>>

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