Maximum File Cache???

[sea69]

Hi

doing a pcpitstop (http://www.pcpitstop.com/) 'benchmark', I got "Maximum File Cache" ((in RED)) = 31.83

what should it be, and how do I change it ??

sys: T-Bird @800Mhz- 128 sdram- pc100- 200mhz fsb, win98se,adsl.

TIA.. (I knew this but forgot.. braincells melted..)lol http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[ComputerMan]

I'm on an AMD KIII 400 with 128 mb and a 30 gig WD and mine says "none" for max file cache. Guess red is better than transparent. LOL just wanted you to see the brighter side.

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[sea69]

no been reading.. seems "none" is much better than the low amount I have.. but how do I change it??

**btw- what was ur 'overall score' ??

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 02-12-2001).]

[BigBlue66]

Hey Sea,

The command line for max file cache is, I believe, in the system.ini file under the [vcache]subheading. Check it out. You should be able to adjust the size there. Just run msconfig to get at the file.

It's recommended to make the max amount one-fourth of your available RAM. I have 64mb of ram (that's all my chipset will cache), and I adjusted my max file cache to 16,384. Apparently, it has to be in kilobytes. Have had no problems.

Cheers,

Big Blue 66


[This message has been edited by BigBlue66 (edited 02-13-2001).]

[sea69]

http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Hey BB_66 !!

well, hows this: Set mine to " C:\17134MB free"

hmmmm need to re-boot and see whats what..

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[sea69]

**update: set max to "none" - no max limit..

what should minimum be.. I know 2.5x the amount of ram.. but what precisely would that be in #'s ??

128 x 2.5= 327.000???



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[sleddog]

It is highly recommended to leave alone the MaxFileCache and MinFileCache settings in system.ini if on Win98. If on Win95, then:
MaxFileCache=8192
MinFileCache=4096
Anything more is unnecessary.

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[Paleo Pete]

I agree with sleddogg. It's best left alone.

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[sea69]

didnt ask for a recomendation.. asked how to do something!!!

thanks anyway..will find for myself..(like I do for everyone I help here) http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif

**this is not my 1st day here.. I don't need to be 'protected' from myself.. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/frown.gif sad answer (borderline insulting) if u didn't know the answer , why reply @ all??

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 02-13-2001).]

[BigBlue66]

Hey Sea,

I believe that the min file cache setting should be lower than the max file cache setting. Again, the max should be 1/4 of your available ram and quite possibly min should be maybe 1/8 or even zero.

To convert megabytes to kilobytes, multiply available ram x 1024. For example, 16mb of ram equals 16,384 kilobytes.

For your system of 128mb of ram, that would equal 131,072 kilobytes. Divide that by four and that equals 32,768 kilobytes. Therefore, your max file cache setting should read:

MaxFileCache=32768

(Leave out commas in the numbers) Now, do the same thing for the min setting. Take 1/8 of available ram in kilobytes (131,072) and that equals 16,384. Therefore, your min file cache setting should read:

MinFileCache=16384

If you experience problems after changing these values, by all means revert back to nothing for both settings. Just leave em blank.

Hope this helps. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Cheers,

Big Blue 66

[sea69]

thank you BB_66 !!

an intelligent answer .. will try and advise.. ur the best !! http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

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[sea69]

sorry 4 above.. guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.... http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/redface.gif

**I'm like this (IRL)..lol

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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 02-13-2001).]

[Paleo Pete]

No problem, I was simply confirming what I felt was good advise, which I often do. Even if you do know what you're doing, some things are better left alone. I have machines here to tinker with and have crashed more than one changing things like this, simply by a typo in some cases.

If it has a problem, then changing settings might be in order, but sleddog's post was correct, this is one better left alone in most cases. I simply confirmed that.

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[Shi]

This is a quote from "Windows Annoyances", by David A. Karp. It is found under Maximizing Performance: Fine-Tuning Your System

Virtual Cache(Only if you have over 16MB of RAM pr ,pre)
-open the file "system.ini for editing using a plain text editor, such as Notepad.
-Add the following two lines to the [vcache] section (add the section if its not there)
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=4096
-These values, in kilobytes, regulate the size of the VCache, so you can stop it from filling up all available RAM and paging all loaded apps to disk. If you have more than 16MB of RAM, then set the above values (both of them) to about 25% of the amount of installed RAM.


i don't feel like doing math today, so that will be up to you, but it should be around 32MB somewhere, i suppose.
not trying to be insulting, just quoting a book. its written for novices mostly. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by Shi (edited 02-14-2001).]

[sea69]

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thanks Shi http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif


**special thanks to BB_66 , perfect..thanks !!


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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 02-14-2001).]