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The jury is out really on whether you need one or not.<br />
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I guess if you dont reach your RAM allocation then no.<br />
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However, i would always have pagefile, even if you keep it small.
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The jury is out really on whether you need one or not.

I guess if you dont reach your RAM allocation then no.

However, i would always have pagefile, even if you keep it small.

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Remember that things like crash dumps will usually go to pagefile etc
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Remember that things like crash dumps will usually go to pagefile etc

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see here<br />
<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it" rel="ugc">http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it</a>
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see here
http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it [http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it]

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Hi.<br />
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I challenge rindi's &quot;The pagefile is needed. Windows doesn't work stably without it, even if you have plenty of RAM.&quot; I am working without a pagefile on several win7 and 8 computers that have 8 or more GB RAM - and do a a lot RAM consuming things like Hyper-V - never had a problem in years. Performance was better than with a system set p.f.
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Hi.

I challenge rindi's "The pagefile is needed. Windows doesn't work stably without it, even if you have plenty of RAM." I am working without a pagefile on several win7 and 8 computers that have 8 or more GB RAM - and do a a lot RAM consuming things like Hyper-V - never had a problem in years. Performance was better than with a system set p.f.

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Guys, thank you all !<br />
The bottom line: will there be a significant performance improvement if i'll disable the PF?
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Guys, thank you all !
The bottom line: will there be a significant performance improvement if i'll disable the PF?

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depends on how you use your PC!
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While most of the usage is ~4GB usage?<br />
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If not - what's would you recommend in order to maximize performance?
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While most of the usage is ~4GB usage?

If not - what's would you recommend in order to maximize performance?

Windows 8 with 8GB RAM - is it safe to work without a page file?

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