ah...
no.
as ram goes up, the more pagefile you need, not the less...
pagefile is not a substitute for ram, and it's this flawed reasonning that makes for the flawed belief that with more ram you need a smaller pagefile
and no, the ms documentation is far from flawed j, and far from old, it's current, written soecifically for xp, and it's correct.
ms thinks, (heaven forbid), that if you have alot of ram, you will eventually use alot of ram...do you think this is incorrect reasoning on their behalf j?...it's not.
j, I love these conversations, so, if you feel the need to make your points, feel free to do it
pagefile has been party to so much miss information, and people like yourself are so used to old notions concerning what the pf actually does, (it's not a replacement for ram, so try not to think of it that way, as this is what you are having trouble with). it makes for great reading.
the pagefile is a place for ram information to go, a holding bin so to speak, in the event that you might put code into use that is not normally in use, or had not in use for some time during your work.... if you have even 2 gigs of ram, the os wants a place to put it, for the event that you use two gigs of ram, or the event you use more of the code then currently...this is the cocept, and a well well done concept it is indeed
ok
now
the following is correct;
the more ram you have, the more pf you need, not the less pf you need, and this is so easy to prove, it's hard to believe people still think that if you have more ram you need a smaller pagefile...this is a vm os j, and this is what gives it speed and stability
here's the simple, practical in everybodys face proof.
just open your taskmanager.
now, open something huge...photoshop, anything.
look at your pf useage...at the same time, look at your ram useage...(use coolmon if you need to)
now, very simply , close the program.
you will notice, the exact amount of ram released is the exact amount of pf useage that goes down...it has an adress area for the entire working set of the programs you have launched
this is very simple j
xp needs for smooth running, an address area for whatever ram is in use....using two gigs?... address allocation for two gigs
simple math
if it cannot get it, you will not be running as efficiently.
pretty simple proof