Just wanted to find out what to do, in your AVSIM guide it says this:

 

"The answer to both problems, is to simply create a fixed, “custom” size, and the chance of OOM's happening will be minimized.  To make this a “Custom” size, enter the “My Computer”->”Properties”- >”Advanced System Settings”->”Advanced”->Performance->”Settings”->”Advanced”->”Change”, and then, assuming three or more drives in the PC and using these pics as a guide – set a “Custom size” for the C:-drive to 100 (MB) in each box, and then press “Set”. Select the next drive – not the FSX drive, and make its Custom size 3072 (MB) in each box, and press “Set”.  If you have only one drive, If you have only one drive, or one extra used for FSX - then just set 3072 in each box for the C:-drive. This will give one a fixed Page File size of 3 GB, will be more than adequate for Windows 7 and FSX, and will not be subject to defragmentation in the way which it is when managed by Windows. Reboot."

 

I have two hard drives, one SSD boot drive and one 2TB drive for FSX. What do I do for setting paging file sizes?

 

Many Thanks 
 

Not much in the way of options, Matt, so just keep it on the boot drive. FSX has a lot of file activity, so we don't want one there - at all.

I will also revise that page file size down to 2 gig - 2047MB, but still keeping it as a "Custom" size, 2048 being entered in both boxes. OK!

 

All the Best,

 

pj

Not much in the way of options, Matt, so just keep it on the boot drive. FSX has a lot of file activity, so we don't want one there - at all.

I will also revise that page file size down to 2 gig - 2047MB, but still keeping it as a "Custom" size, 2048 being entered in both boxes. OK!

 

All the Best,

 

pj

 

 Thanks for the reply pj, so do I set custom size 2048 on both the C:\ drive and the E:\ drive, my FSX is installed on the E:\ drive?

 

Cheers

Just C: drive

Just C: drive

Ok thank you, I'll do that and leave the FSX drive as it is.

Just wanted to find out what to do, in your AVSIM guide it says this:

 

"The answer to both problems, is to simply create a fixed, “custom” size, and the chance of OOM's happening will be minimized.  To make this a “Custom” size, enter the “My Computer”->”Properties”- >”Advanced System Settings”->”Advanced”->Performance->”Settings”->”Advanced”->”Change”, and then, assuming three or more drives in the PC and using these pics as a guide – set a “Custom size” for the C:-drive to 100 (MB) in each box, and then press “Set”. Select the next drive – not the FSX drive, and make its Custom size 3072 (MB) in each box, and press “Set”.  If you have only one drive, If you have only one drive, or one extra used for FSX - then just set 3072 in each box for the C:-drive. This will give one a fixed Page File size of 3 GB, will be more than adequate for Windows 7 and FSX, and will not be subject to defragmentation in the way which it is when managed by Windows. Reboot."

 

I have two hard drives, one SSD boot drive and one 2TB drive for FSX. What do I do for setting paging file sizes?

 

Many Thanks 

 

 

Back in the days of Win98 and FAT16/32 systems this was a required fix to set page size with FS. With newer OS's it's not needed because windows handles it's paging and memory allocation more efficiently. Customizing your page file size will not eliminate OOM's because one has nothing to do with the other.

I recommend that you let windows manage your page file size and it's one the same drive as your OS.

 

 

 
I have two hard drives, one SSD boot drive and one 2TB drive for FSX. What do I do for setting paging file sizes?

 

 

IMO, as a practical matter as far as FSX performance goes (frame rate, IQ, smoothness) it won't make much difference one way or the other if you have 8 or more Gb of ram installed.   I say this because of witnessing the lack of page file write activity during flying.  For the small amount of paging that does occur I prefer that to be on an HDD so as to minimize the number of total write operations to an SSD which degrades the lifespan of the SSD.  I have OS & FSX on a single SSD, and use two HDD's as well--one for another Win 7 install for all other Windows use outside of flight simulation, and one for data.  My 1Gb page file (that's more than is needed-indeed, several folks don't even use a page file and do just dandy, though the argument is made that there may be some apps that be coded to demand more pagefile write activity) sits there just fine taking up unused drive space.  On the empirical side, I had tried page file system managed, custom set, SSD versus HDD, and noticed no perceptible difference in any aspect of FSX performance.

 

It's impossible for me to have FSX and my OS on the same drive. I only have a 120GB SSD.

Whatever you do, don't put your swapfile on your ssd.

Whatever you do, don't put your swapfile on your ssd.

What's a swapfile?

It's impossible for me to have FSX and my OS on the same drive. I only have a 120GB SSD.

You're right--that wouldn't work for you, but it's not necessary to use this approach either.  I think the take home message is it really doesn't matter a whole lot as it once did.  If you have 8Gb of ram or more you can choose any approach described here and be ok.  You can use perfmon.exe to ascertain if your system writes to the page file (swap file is another name for page file) often enough to avoid putting it on your SSD so as to help keep the SSD as healthy as possible as long as possible.  If writing is infrequent you could leave the page file on your SSD and keep it small--1 or 2Gb is more than you should need.

What if I boot from my HDD and put FSX on that and keep my SSD for other games or applications?

Just keep it the way you've got it - OS on the C: SSD drive, complete with pagefile - and FSX on the HDD.

 

The advice for further optimization being given here is good in theory,  inconsequential in practice.

Just keep it the way you've got it - OS on the C: SSD drive, complete with pagefile - and FSX on the HDD.

 

The advice for further optimization being given here is good in theory,  inconsequential in practice.

 

Is it best to apply the changes in the manual before or after an FSX install?

Is it best to apply the changes in the manual before or after an FSX install?

 

If I understand your question... I would say: "Makes no difference"

 

But I would follow the recommendation to not install FSX in a "Windows Program Files" directory,

but in a simple "E:\FSX" directory, in your situation.