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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Is there any way to stop NFS:PU from accessing the hard drive during races?
I have shut down everything except explorer and systray before running NFS,
and I have 128Mb of RAM. Right now I have a fixed 256Mb swap file. In some
races the hard drive access is almost non-existent, and in others it puts me
into the weeds.

Any ideas?

Stephen

by **Txl** » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

256 swap is too small, rule of thumb is minimum 3* the real ram

by **Stan Mars** » Sun, 09 Jul 2000 04:00:00

I've been taught its 1.5 times. 256 should be fine IMO. Do you have MS
fastfind running? It is installed with MS office and accesses the Hdd's
every now and then. You can disable it. Other than that, make sure you
have the latest drivers. What sort of video card and cpu are you running?
Pete

> 256 swap is too small, rule of thumb is minimum 3* the real ram

> > Is there any way to stop NFS:PU from accessing the hard drive during
> races?
> > I have shut down everything except explorer and systray before running
> NFS,
> > and I have 128Mb of RAM. Right now I have a fixed 256Mb swap file. In
> some
> > races the hard drive access is almost non-existent, and in others it
puts
> me
> > into the weeds.

> > Any ideas?

> > Stephen

by **Lee Wee Leon** » Sun, 09 Jul 2000 04:00:00

What exactly is the 256Mb swap file? Where can I find it in my computer? And
from where can I change it?/wl

> 256 swap is too small, rule of thumb is minimum 3* the real ram

> > Is there any way to stop NFS:PU from accessing the hard drive during
> races?
> > I have shut down everything except explorer and systray before running
> NFS,
> > and I have 128Mb of RAM. Right now I have a fixed 256Mb swap file. In
> some
> > races the hard drive access is almost non-existent, and in others it
puts
> me
> > into the weeds.

> > Any ideas?

> > Stephen

by **Stephen Ferguso** » Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:00:00

FastFind gets killed right away anytime I reinstall office. I don't think
it is a driver problem, as the stuttering corresponds to HD access. It is
almost non-existent for the first few races, then gets worse as time goes
by. Hmmmm....

Stephen

p.s. I am running it on a notebook, PIII-500 and Savage IX, which actually
gives decent framerates (when the HD isn't going bonkers).

> I've been taught its 1.5 times. 256 should be fine IMO. Do you have MS
> fastfind running? It is installed with MS office and accesses the Hdd's
> every now and then. You can disable it. Other than that, make sure you
> have the latest drivers. What sort of video card and cpu are you running?
> Pete

> > 256 swap is too small, rule of thumb is minimum 3* the real ram

> > > Is there any way to stop NFS:PU from accessing the hard drive during
> > races?
> > > I have shut down everything except explorer and systray before running
> > NFS,
> > > and I have 128Mb of RAM. Right now I have a fixed 256Mb swap file.
In
> > some
> > > races the hard drive access is almost non-existent, and in others it
> puts
> > me
> > > into the weeds.

> > > Any ideas?

> > > Stephen

by **Stan Mars** » Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Go into the control panel, then into system and click on the performance
(right-most) tab. Down the bottom is a virtual memory button. Click on let
me specify my own virtual memory settings and enter the numbers you want.
A swap file is used when you computer needs to put more information into its
memory (RAM) . . . when the information is more than the free ram, old data
needs to be stored in your swap file.
Pete

> What exactly is the 256Mb swap file? Where can I find it in my computer?
And
> from where can I change it?/wl

> > 256 swap is too small, rule of thumb is minimum 3* the real ram

> > > Is there any way to stop NFS:PU from accessing the hard drive during
> > races?
> > > I have shut down everything except explorer and systray before running
> > NFS,
> > > and I have 128Mb of RAM. Right now I have a fixed 256Mb swap file.
In
> > some
> > > races the hard drive access is almost non-existent, and in others it
> puts
> > me
> > > into the weeds.

> > > Any ideas?

> > > Stephen

by **Larr** » Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Ok, it's a Laptop. Thanks for that slightly important Tidbit:)

Now, first things first. The smaller 2.5" hard drives in
Laptops aren't optimized necessarily for speed. They are
designed to provide good performance balanced with battery life.

They won't perform, overall, as well as desktop drives.

Second, make sure you have the DMA bit set.

Third, is the drive spinning down? Laptop drives have a
tendancy to do this.

-Larry

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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

The one for the CD-ROM under System settings?

Checked that in the power configuration. What I would like to know is why
it has to access the HD at all during the race. If I have nothing else
running but Explorer and Systray, does the program and the current track and
the replay really need more than 128Mb? Can I disable the replay function?
I can run multiple IE windows and an AutoCAD session and never hit the swap
file.

Stephen

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