any suggestions on the min & max size of disk cache and the chunk size

[bigslammer]

what's the optimal min and max settings for disk cache and also the chunk size. I'll be mostly using the pc for video games.

[Comtech]

Depends on your HD size. A good starting point is 16384 each min and max, with chunk at 512.

[grandslammer]

Hi! I use cacheman. It has several "pre-sets" and is interactive, too. So you can set as you like. I tried to send it to you via e-mail, but mail was returned as undeliverable. If you'd like me to send you a copy, e-mail me and let me know.

Good luck in all...

Mike P.

[socalgal]

A good reference site for this is http://epsilon.silicon.net.my/adrian/

Go to the Speed Demonz link

[Kichigai]

Dan "Tweak Monkey" Kennedy maintains an absolutely top notch optimization site, www.tweak3d.net

In it, you'll find links to Cacheman.


Kichigai

[AuraEdge]

make sure u dont get Vcache and Virtual memory mixed up! Virtual memory (or swapfile)is space on your HD that u use for RAM like purposes. Vcache is the thing you set in system.ini with the chunksize that is the amount of RAM that you want to use to set aside for Files and has nothing to do with harddrive space. (as always, correct me if im wrong)
A good way to do it is 2x your RAM for Virtual memory (or less if you have more memory or less hard drive space).
As far as Vcache goes, I set it to 1/4 the RAM that you have (divide the ram by 4 and then multiply it by 1024 to convert MB to kb) and put this value like so under System.ini. I make Min and Max sizes the same so the comp doesnt resize the Vcache.
- Find [vcache] and then under it, put

MinFileCache=xxxxx
MaxFileCache=xxxxx
ChunkSize=xxx

Most people choose 512 for the Chunksize. I dont put a chunk size and just put in MinFileCache and MaxFileCache (default Win9x chunksize is 512 anyways)
example - Heres my settings...I have 192MB RAM

System.ini -

[vcache]
MinFileCache=49152
MaxFileCache=49152



[This message has been edited by AuraEdge (edited 08-14-99).]