Large System Cache?

[devnulllore]

Is it wise to enable Large System Cache on a system with 2gigs of ram a 256m video card that is designed for playing graphic intensive games? Will this improve performance?

Thanks,

[Phalesafe]

pagefile size is only recommended to be 2x the size of your system memory.

[devnulllore]

  Bosaka said:

pagefile size is only recommended to be 2x the size of your system memory.

Not asking about page file size. Large System Cache has nothing to do with that.

[devnulllore]

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[Phalesafe]

If your talking about Programs vs System in the Advanced Options on System - Unless its a server always choose Programs :p

[devnulllore]

  Bosaka said:

If your talking about Programs vs System in the Advanced Options on System - Unless its a server always choose Programs :p

No not that either. Large System Cache sets aside more memory for caching files. It is usualy only suggested for servers and is even discouraged by Microsoft for systems with AGP video cards, however, this is for systems with 512m of memory or less. I was just looking to see if anyone who plays high quality textured games has ever played with this option.

[dr.bisho]

  devnulllore said:

No not that either. Large System Cache sets aside more memory for caching files. It is usualy only suggested for servers and is even discouraged by Microsoft for systems with AGP video cards, however, this is for systems with 512m of memory or less. I was just looking to see if anyone who plays high quality textured games has ever played with this option.

i know i mght b here by mistake,,, but i dnt get anythn... can u plz explain how can i play with system cache,,,,

btw.. speakin of that ,,, an upgrade on a 3.2 ghz with ht from 1gb ram 2 2gb ram... made ma system 2 heat up,,, any solution??

iam new he re so excuse me for ma posts

[usbeef]

Bosaka is right, Large System Cache is the same thing as going into the advanced tab in system properties and selecting "Background Services" instead of "Programs". If your not running a server do not enable Large System Cache. It is either you give priority to apps, programs, games, ect. or you give priority to background tasks, processes, and services by enableing Large System Cache. It is disabled by default for a reason, the average home user is better served by giving priority to applications. On windows server 2003 however, Large System Cache is enabled by default for a reason, because it is meant to be a server based OS. In general this tweak will reduce physical memory available to applications and increase paging.

[Abhishek kapoor]

so it means if we r running it should be set to "programes" (which is by default) and if we r running server (background services).....

[soldier1st]

if your running a server then enable it as a server has lotsa background stuff running will need it,if your not running a server disable it,your os will bite you hard if u do.

[raskren]

  devnulllore said:

Is it wise to enable Large System Cache on a system with 2gigs of ram a 256m video card that is designed for playing graphic intensive games? Will this improve performance?

Thanks,

No.