XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory

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2005/12/07 17:46:25 (permalink)

XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory

I'm having trouble with lockups using Native Instruments' new Bandstand GM synth. I'm now wondering if my swap file settings are not optimised. I'd read somewhere in Sound on Sound once that they should be set at particular maximums and minimums rather than let XP decide. Can someone give me the gen on this and advise what my best settings would be given that I have 2Gb of memory? Thanks.
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    Skyline In The Office
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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 05:28:50 (permalink)
    No DAW experts out there?

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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 06:33:43 (permalink)
    they say the min has to be like the max. and 1.5 times your ram memory. i have 1gb and my paiging file is set to min 2000mb and max 2000mb
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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 06:51:04 (permalink)
    And not to allow XP to determine at any one time?

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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 09:05:03 (permalink)
    Do a search I thought there was an in-depth discussion about this just recently. If you have 2GB of RAM you do not need a 1.5X swap file. In fact you may not need a swap file at all. There were ways to check this.

    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=625936&mpage=1&key=swap%2Cfile
    post edited by krizrox - 2005/12/08 10:25:13

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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 09:07:14 (permalink)
    Here are a couple of good resources worth checking out:
    http://www.musicxp.net/
    http://www.pcaudiolabs.com/setuptips.asp?cat=setu
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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 12:59:41 (permalink)
    Like krizrox says
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    Do a search I thought there was an in-depth discussion about this just recently. If you have 2GB of RAM you do not need a 1.5X swap file. In fact you may not need a swap file at all. There were ways to check this.

    In fact I read somewhere that having no swap-file is recommended on Macs,so why not on a PC if you´ve got enough RAM.
    Swap-file is IMO just a poor man´s RAM,some programs might demand that you have a swapfile though,Photoshop,if my memory doesn´t let me down,gave me a headache when I installed for a local PR-bureau,even though they had 1.5Gb RAM Photoshop said that the swapfile was too small.

    The only sure method to find out is by experimenting,what works for me might not work for you & vice-versa,myself I have 1Gb RAM & a swapfilemax & min set to 256Mb,the machine does start coughing when I use the heavier versions of BFD,but usually runs just fine.
    If your DAW isn´t up for it´s tasks like it should I´d suggest you look in msconfig to see if there are too many autostarting apps in there,i.e. like messenger,realplayer etc.
    Good luck!

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    RE: XP swap file settings? I have 2Gb memory 2005/12/08 13:43:25 (permalink)
    If you've got 2gigs of ram the chances are you have a fair bit of hard drive real estate too so the simple solution is to set your pagefile at a gig and a half max and min and forget about it. It is apparently possible to run without swap with large amounts of ram but I've never actually seen it recomended for audio machines as windows still likes to know it's there.

    The original SOS reason for setting a fixed max and min size for the swapfile is otherwise, when windows dynamically manages it, the os may try to resize the available swapfile during 'the killer take' causing extra and unneccessary disk accesses that may glitch your recordings (essentially the same reason for disabling the screen saver on a DAW) if you have it set to a fixed size then you can be assured that the swapfile will not be the cause of your audio glitches.

    There is no real practical reason to run without swap, poor mans ram or not, if you have enough ram then it wont get used and if sometime it needs to be there it will be available 2 gig of hard drive space is nothing so it seems like the cheap option not to give it over!

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