01-17-2010, 10:13 AM
Fragmented then yes, thats what slows down any drive. As far as data amount I would still say not to a noticable extent that will vary from rated read/write speeds.
When you are talking about static virtual memory you are talking about page file memory which is a portion of the hard drive itself used in the same manner so to speak as Ram. When you take into account the fact that virtual memory is far far slower than Ram then haveing more of it does slow down system responce times, both read and write hard drive speeds. On older single core processor systems another trick i used was to reduce virtual memory and in some cases turn it off completly and install the fastest ram and the maximum amount the system would support to speed the system responce times. By turning the virtual or page file off you force the system to use the much faster memory there by increasing preformance.
When you are talking about static virtual memory you are talking about page file memory which is a portion of the hard drive itself used in the same manner so to speak as Ram. When you take into account the fact that virtual memory is far far slower than Ram then haveing more of it does slow down system responce times, both read and write hard drive speeds. On older single core processor systems another trick i used was to reduce virtual memory and in some cases turn it off completly and install the fastest ram and the maximum amount the system would support to speed the system responce times. By turning the virtual or page file off you force the system to use the much faster memory there by increasing preformance.