set up virtual memory for 6gb ram

[gavrielx148]

hi ,

can any one please tell me how to set the virtual memory custom size for 6GB ram?

[Harm_Millaard]

Right click MyComputer, Properties, Advanced System Settings, Performance Settings, Advanced Tab, Virtual Memory, Change.

You will see something like this:

[gavrielx148]

8196-8196 this is what i have to set for 6gb?

[Harm_Millaard]

6144-6144 ( 6 x 1024)

[Frédéric Segard]

A rule of thumb for virtual memory is 1.5 times the amount of physical RAM you have. 6GB is good if you have 4GB of RAM. 9GB is good if you have 6GB or RAM, etc.

[Harm_Millaard]

Frederic,

Those rules of thumb stem from the era when is was common to have 2 or 4 GB of memory, but with memory in the range of 12, 16 or 24 GB, I think we can forget about that rule of thumb. I would use a rule of thumb that the sum of installed memory and pagefile need not exceed 32 GB. With disk space being so cheap there is no reason to skimp on pagefile size, but with increasing amounts of installed memory, the pagefile will be used less and less. The general rule that Windows applies would result in a pagefile of 36 GB on a 24 GB system and that is overdone IMO. On a 48 GB system, Windows suggests a whopping 72 GB pagefile! That makes no sense. So, on a 48 GB system even a 4 GB pagefile would likely not be used at all, but Windows requires one to be present, otherwise it will create one for you on C, which is dynamically allocated and that is worse than a fixed, static pagefile as the first file on another disk.

Of course, if you make it a habit to switch between AE, PR, Maya and other applications a lot and work on files with large pixel dimensions, the sum total can easily be increased to 48 GB.

My suggestion is to use common sense.

[Frédéric Segard]

Makes total sense.