Does using hdd for virtual memory decrease my fps?

[sovadogie123]

im currently using ssd for virtual memory and my games are playable but i researched and saw that its bad since the writes of ssd is limited so does using hdd for virtual mem decrease my current fps?

[RONOTHAN##]

By virtual memory, you mean something like "ReadyBoost" in Windows or swap on Linux? Because if you're using it in general, you're losing FPS. However, using it with your hdd is definitely worse. It is bad for your SSD, but it will make the computer much more responsive. What you should do is upgrade your RAM and avoid using virtual memory.

[sovadogie123]

Just now, RONOTHAN## said:

By virtual memory, you mean something like "ReadyBoost" in Windows or swap on Linux? Because if you're using it in general, you're losing FPS. However, using it with your hdd is definitely worse. It is bad for your SSD, but it will make the computer much more responsive. What you should do is upgrade your RAM and avoid using virtual memory.

thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

By virtual memory, you mean something like "ReadyBoost" in Windows or swap on Linux? Because if you're using it in general, you're losing FPS. However, using it with your hdd is definitely worse. It is bad for your SSD, but it will make the computer much more responsive. What you should do is upgrade your RAM and avoid using virtual memory.

Id keep virtual memory on for basically every use case. Keeps the system faster normally by getting rid of unused memory to pagefile so more files can be stored in the ram cache. Leave it to windows deafults unless you have a good reason not to.

 

And you really want page file on a ssd if you have one. It won't hurt the lifespan in a meaningful way, and the performance difference is huge.

 

 

Also pagefile on windows is different that ready boost. Don't use ready boost these days, but you want a page file.

[RONOTHAN##]

10 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id keep virtual memory on for basically every use case. Keeps the system faster normally by getting rid of unused memory to pagefile so more files can be stored in the ram cache. Leave it to windows deafults unless you have a good reason not to.

Yeah, I'm not saying turn it off, but you shouldn't rely on it. If you're using it often, you should just buy more RAM. 

 

11 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Also pagefile on windows is different that ready boost. Don't use ready boost these days, but you want a page file.

Yeah, I forgot the name of the pagefile. Readyboost was just the first thing that came to mind and figured "eh, close enough"

[Chris Pratt]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id keep virtual memory on for basically every use case. Keeps the system faster normally by getting rid of unused memory to pagefile so more files can be stored in the ram cache. Leave it to windows deafults unless you have a good reason not to.

 

And you really want page file on a ssd if you have one. It won't hurt the lifespan in a meaningful way, and the performance difference is huge.

 

 

Also pagefile on windows is different that ready boost. Don't use ready boost these days, but you want a page file.

What you really want is enough RAM that you don't need a page file. If you're paging, you're performance is going to tank, SSD or no.

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

What you really want is enough RAM that you don't need a page file. If you're paging, you're performance is going to tank, SSD or no.

Windows  and programs often allocate or use a part of the page file, and it's much better to have this on the page file than on actual ram for most uses. Having a page file keeps your ram free for programs that need it, and disk caching.  Take a look at your commit charge on your system now, its probably much higher than ram usage, and that difference is page file usage. Since its basically all not being accessed, you want that in the page file, not the ram so that ram can be used for caching disk where it will help system performance.

 

Having the page file on a SSD will make the system much faster if you need to use the page file much, Id strongly suggest OP and everyone keeps the page file on a ssd. Writes won't matter, ssds can take the writes.