somanyroads
10-27-12, 04:33 PM
Boinc has a default setting in disk preferences “Use at most 80% of page file (swap space)”. With 8GB of RAM, it does not seem that more than 3GB is ever used (Windows 7 64-bit) so I'm not sure anything more than a minimum size page file (whatever that means - 16MB?) is needed.
1. How much RAM does Boinc use/need?
2. How large should a page file be for Boinc? Should the Boinc default setting be changed?
3. If there is 5GB of RAM not being used, can a RAMdrive be used for a page file (or something else like temporary files) instead of space on a HDD or SDD?
Maybe my question should be "How do I get the rest of the RAM engaged in Boinc, the computer appears underutilized?" Somewhere is these forum pages I read that 2GB per physical core for a hyperthread cpu is suggested; I just am not seeing that amount of usage taking place.
1. How much RAM does Boinc use/need?
2. How large should a page file be for Boinc? Should the Boinc default setting be changed?
3. If there is 5GB of RAM not being used, can a RAMdrive be used for a page file (or something else like temporary files) instead of space on a HDD or SDD?
Maybe my question should be "How do I get the rest of the RAM engaged in Boinc, the computer appears underutilized?" Somewhere is these forum pages I read that 2GB per physical core for a hyperthread cpu is suggested; I just am not seeing that amount of usage taking place.