swap usage help

[Hellhoundevil]

what is the general recommendation for what size to set my swap usage for playing windows games on ubuntu i only have 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM

[wolfen69]

With 2gb ram, swap usage will not be a factor in playing games. Is this a laptop?

[Hellhoundevil]

no its a desktop
System: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 5850
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1600
Swap: 2GB
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) ll x4

but with certain games and windows aps the RAM maxes out and sumtyms swap maxes out aswell and my system freezes?

[wildmanne39]

no its a desktop
System: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 5850
RAM: 2GB DDR3 1600
Swap: 2GB
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) ll x4

but with certain games and windows aps the RAM maxes out and sumtyms swap maxes out aswell and my system freezes?


I set my swap to 2 gigs, partly because ubuntu uses it to store itself on when it goes to sleep. I think that 2 gigs of swap is just about right, it will allow enough room for when you need to have the swap for playing games.

[Hellhoundevil]

ok thanks for that