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Does splitting virtual memory make a pc faster?
I have two ssd's in my system. The main one is an m.2. nvme ssd that also contains Windows and most used programs. The other is a normal Samsung EVO 500GB ssd which is basically my 'work space'.
I play this game called "Cities Skylines" which is a memory hog. My system already has 64GB of ram, but Cities Skylines loves also put as many stuff into virtual memory. When fully loaded, the game uses up to nearly 35GB of normal memory and about 40GB of virtual memory. I thought, why not also enable the pagefile on the second ssd?
Two questions:
- Are both pagefiles being used?
- Will it increase the speed of the system, since there are two storage area's (both ssd's) the computer can read from?
@Anonymous - Here comes the catch, I have main game (Cities Skylines) on the C drive, including Windows and all the other standard programs I use. But this drive is an m.2. nvme ssd, it's a Patriot Viper VPN100 512GB. This ssd has an IOPS of respectively 700,000 and 480,000. The other ssd, a standard Samsung EVO sata, only comes up to about 90,000 IOPS. The Viper is much faster, but it also carries Windows, the game, etc. Still I think it accesses the page file faster than the sata ssd.
1 Answer
- Anonymous3 months ago
1. We can't see your computer, but it's highly unlikely both are being used, or are being used equally. If you set a custom max size for them and they aren't both maxed out or using the same amount, then they aren't being used equally. And if Windows is managing the size, then the sizes being totally different is a good indicator that they aren't balanced.
2. It wouldn't increase speed unless you had a striped raid covering both disks. In fact, you'd probably benefit more from having one large pagefile on the less active drive, and none on the other. So if your game is accessing one drive, you should have the pagefile on another drive.