How much Vcache ???

[Junkcollector]

I need some help!! How much Vcache and chunksize should I allocate. I'm running a PIII 600 with some 256mb of RAM. I heard of using 1/8 of system memory is always good.

Any help would much appreciated

 

[Guest]

Hey,

For Vcache, I use about an 1/8 of memory. For my virtual memory i use 4 gig of my hd.

Timothy Stankus
One of the First AMD Athlon Users =)

 

[BrainStorm]

For virtual memory, you are better to use a static amount of memory. Usually, the double of the size of your physical memory is enough. If you let windows resize dynamicly your page file it will consumme a lot of your ressources. If you specify one, it will create it at boot-up and forget it after.

Hope that helps.

 

[Junkcollector]

Thanks a lot for the help. This is what i have now, got any tips on these settings. PIII 600 with 384ram. Virtual memory is set at 128mb. Vcache is set to 32mb - 128mb with a chunksize of 2mb.

 

[Guest]

4Gb virtual memory - Zoikes !!!! For my VM I have it set to 1Mb - disabling it entirely makes some games refuse to run due to "insufficient memory" even though I have a gig of RAM....

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[Zyphoid]

Id recommend 512M min and max for virtual memory and Vcache=65536

If the fat lady's singing at least shes losing weight.

 

[Toejam31]

I see some incredibly scary numbers in this thread ... which includes some misinformation. Unecessarily large Virtual memory sizes, and strange numbers for the Vcache.

Try this ... and check your system performance afterwards.

Set a custom swap file of 448 for both Minimum and Maximum numbers. Windows still does not do that great a job of memory management ... but this will be sufficient for any application you care to run on a desktop computer. I run high-end graphics applications, and games like Quake 3 and MechWarrior 4 ... and believe me, I have never had any problems with paging.

For speed, go into your system.ini file, either with Notepad, or by running sysedit.exe. Under the [vcache] section, if not already there, place two lines:

MinFileCache=0
MaxFileCache=6144

Some people prefer to change the vcache size, depending on the application. This can easily be done with programs like CacheMan, or MemTurbo. CacheMan is free, and you can change the minimum and maximum size for "Gaming", as a "Power User", even to optimize the system for using a CD-RW, to eliminate the possibility of buffer underruns.

Gentlemen ... a 4 GB swap file is uselessly huge ... and a 1 MB swap file is far too small. Windows DOES need a certain amount, just to boot the system. Large applications will access a certain amount. But these extremes are not the best advice, nor are they the best settings for running your systems at an optimal performance level.

... Toejam31 (COMPTIA A+ Certified PC Repair Technician)