krazypoloc Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 I just created a ramdisk with the extra system memory I have (Recently bought 16GB) and here are some benchmark results. Al these results taken from the same system. I made the ramdisk 10GB, which leaves me with 6GB of system memory which is plenty. Just set this up and its sorta fast I think. Compare that to my SSD's in RAID0 Then compare it to a single WD Blue drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 (edited) Wow that really is fast. Funny how your ramdisk is higher than your actual amount of ram being used Which program did you use for the Ramdisk? Edited May 12, 2011 by My_Inner_Fred Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazypoloc Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 Wow that really is fast. Funny how your ramdisk is higher than your actual amount of ram being used Yeah I figured I would try it out by loading whatever game I feel like playing that week/month and see how much faster it is....I would imagine its going to rock.....I haven't tried it yet as I'm at work right now and did it over RDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 RAMdisks are fun aren't they? I used to run Warcraft III off of a RAM drive just to get into the games the fastest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelly Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 I was just looking into RAMdisk today! But I was thinking of using it for my page file! I would then be able to give my OS 8gigs of ram and 8gigs of RAMdisk for page file! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
medbor Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 I was just looking into RAMdisk today! But I was thinking of using it for my page file! I would then be able to give my OS 8gigs of ram and 8gigs of RAMdisk for page file! Not according to your sig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelly Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Not according to your sig. Well your right sir! Lol I'm looking at getting 8gigs more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazypoloc Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 I was just looking into RAMdisk today! But I was thinking of using it for my page file! I would then be able to give my OS 8gigs of ram and 8gigs of RAMdisk for page file! I think that might be a little pointless.....you would be better off disabling your page file and just using your memory... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketeer55 Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 I think that might be a little pointless.....you would be better off disabling your page file and just using your memory... Disabling page file isn't always a good idea, some programs require some page file. Or at least that what I've heard. You can just shrink your page file to save space. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dling Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 How do you set up a ram disk ? Those speeds are awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 I was just looking into RAMdisk today! But I was thinking of using it for my page file! I would then be able to give my OS 8gigs of ram and 8gigs of RAMdisk for page file! Putting your page file on a RAM disk would be pretty pointless...it just adds overhead. If you're running into swap you'd be better off with more RAM than a fast page file. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disparaitre Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) I ran a 3gb ramdisk 2 years ago for testing and used it to run CnC Renegade and I was literally always the first person on a server, it was fn outstanding but I didn't have enough ram to spare to make a ramdrive big enough for newer games If you have 12gb+ ram I highly recommend bringing your system down to 3 or 4gb ram and making the rest a ramdrive if you play any games with long load times. as the difference really is insane. If Gigabyte made a more modern i-ram that was affordable, took DDR3 and had 8 dimm slots with support for 32gb - 64gb ram they'd have something that gamers everywhere would love. Edited May 14, 2011 by WARDOZERX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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