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Francis Belardino
03-26-2002, 05:18 PM
Hey man.

I remember you had posted setting for a system with 512mb of ram. What was the script?
donnie
03-26-2002, 05:27 PM
min 52000
max 52000

thats what I use ...

Donnie
Simon Ravn
03-26-2002, 05:32 PM
I dont think there\'s anything that works magic. Try and see if different settings make any difference. Go as low as you can, to get as much free RAM as possible. I use 16384 16384 here. But then... I have this wonderful SIS chipset.. http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif
MikeGraybill
03-26-2002, 06:14 PM
It takes a bit of patching, but now that Cubase and GS are XP compatable, among other progs so I hear, its a world of pain-free RAM usage with your mobo capacity as the limit if you check into upgrading Windows. The vcache settings did work for me with 1gb of ram in 98se, but several of my friends also tried unsucessfully, so I don\'t know if its a garanteed fix. I\'m sold now, XP has worked flawlessly so far. Just another option if nothing else works.
Francis Belardino
03-26-2002, 07:53 PM
Thanks all.

Yea, I have been wanting to go XP but I\'m still nervous about. I\'m glad to hear about your success with it. No resources being used secretly is a nice thing, huh? http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/smile.gif
timzydee
03-27-2002, 12:27 AM
I\'m dumb. Where are the vcache settings?
Damon
03-27-2002, 01:12 AM
Timzy,
Right click on \'My Computer\' and go to \'Properties\', then \'Performance\', then \'Virtual Memory\'.
PeterRoos
03-27-2002, 07:23 AM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Damon:
Timzy,
Right click on \'My Computer\' and go to \'Properties\', then \'Performance\', then \'Virtual Memory\'.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry Damon,

that\'s the swap file...
(for virtual memory management).

VCache settings are for keeping recently accessed file blocks in memory.

Click the Start button.
Select Run...
Type system.ini
This will open Notepad.exe with the file System.ini
Look for a line with \"[vcache]\"
If it\'s not there, create it, along with the following example:

[vcache]
MinFileCache=32768
MaxFileCache=32768

You can also use other values, but probably have to stick to multiples of 1024.

Peter
Damon
03-27-2002, 08:34 AM
D\'OH! Seems like I\'d be wrong
http://www.northernsounds.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/blush.gif. Glad I never touched the thing.
Haydn
03-27-2002, 10:57 AM
Do not use the Vcache settings in Windows XP! These settings are for Windows 98 and ME only.
PeterRoos
03-27-2002, 03:29 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Arial\">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Haydn:
Do not use the Vcache settings in Windows XP! These settings are for Windows 98 and ME only.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Would it hurt?

BTW, vcache was already there in Win 3.1. I think XP and other NT variants will probably simply skip it. A lot of users migrating may have such lines in this file.
Haydn
03-27-2002, 09:12 PM
I don\'t know if it would hurt or if the system would just ignore it as Vcache is not used in Windows NT, 2000 or XP. It may do nothing or it may render your system useless. I would not apply any optimization tips to from Win 98 to XP/2000. The core operating systems are quite different. Win 98 still used 16 bit code whereas XP/2000 is totally 32 bit.
timzydee
03-28-2002, 01:33 AM
I have a gig of memory under 98 and my vcache is set to 65536. Is that good?
PeterRoos
03-28-2002, 02:26 AM
Sounds good to me, the trade-off here (using Gst with the PC) is a few more instruments loaded into Gst vs slightly slower load time.

You may want to experiment with a few different settings, but I\'d suggest to skip that and concentrate on making music with the setup. Lot more gratifying than spending too much time on this technical stuff.

Cheers!

Peter