How do you setup the file pagefile.sys for this game?

[Chaka (FR)]

Hello, i'd like to know how do you setup it when playing ark to get less memory loss and crash? Thx.

[Q̴̡̼̽̒̕u̸̘̪̾͊̚͜e̴]

start -> run -> type sysdm.cpl
Go to the advanced tab, then the settings button under performance.
Advanced tab again, then the change button under virtual memory
Select which drive you want your pagefile on (should be on your fastest drive), and set the custom size to 1.5x or 2x the amount of ram you have in MB.

[Chaka (FR)]

I have 16 Gb. (and 6 Gb on graphic card)
So i have to put almost 32 Gb???

[Ages]

Originally posted by Chaka (FR):

I have 16 Gb. (and 6 Gb on graphic card)
So i have to put almost 32 Gb???

32GB for pagefile.sys is a reasonable size - this file is generally quite large. Another file along these lines is hyberfil.sys that stores your RAM to disk when your computer hybernates. This file will be large as well.

The pagefile.sys can be thought of as emergency storage for your system RAM. If you use up all your available RAM then your computer will begin to store the extra data to pagefile.sys rather then letting the application throw an error and crash.

RAM is the fastest storage on your computer other than what is built into the CPU (for example the CPU uses L1,L2 and L3 cache which is even faster - these caches copy the files from RAM onto the CPU so the CPU can run the code)

If your computer is running out of system RAM when playing Ark, anything it stores in the pagefile.sys will be at a much lower speed. The CPU will be copying files stored in pagefile directly from the physical storage device that pagefile.sys is stored on which means it can only copy as fast as those devices can send it.

Increasing the size could help if you are running out of memory. Also, moving the file from a hard drive to your fastest SSD could help copy RAM data faster when it does run out of memory.

Ark is a buggy mess and the errors could be something that these settings won't help despite what the error may try to claim. Mods frequently cause errors and I would suggest backing up ALL of your player, tribe and world data before disabling the mods one at a time to see which ones cause errors and which don't (if you use mods that is).

[Chaka (FR)]

I am surprised because in my opinion 32 Gb for the file is enormous but if you say it's ok i will try...

[Chaka (FR)]

By the way, my pagefile.sys is on hard disk (classic 7200 tr/min) but not ssd.
Can it be a problem? I prefer put it on hard disk because i have heard repeated write/read on ssd can wear it more than usual hard disks.

[RiChuF]

Originally posted by Chaka (FR):

I am surprised because in my opinion 32 Gb for the file is enormous but if you say it's ok i will try...

It is way to big and aint a good idea
you don't need to set it these days to how we used to set it with the 1.5x size never 2x it
Best thing to do is buy more ram or let windows handle it
And yes constant read/write does wear an SSD down but you will Have to do a quite alot which would take you years to do
use software like crystal disk info to see its life span
I have an 8 year old SSD and it's only just hit 15% of its total read/writes