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Originally Posted by Reece
Hi, I have my swapfile size set to 2 gig (min & max), although with 2 gig ram is it needed, will removing it cause any performance changes? 
Thought I'd check before removing as reinstalling the file may no longer reside at the front of the Drive! 
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Put it onto itÄs own partition. not for speed gains, but HD order. That way, you also can defrag it without needing special (in my experience: unreliable) tools for that, becasue the swapfile is one file indeed, and fragmantizses as well. If on a partition, you can just switch it off once or twice in a motnh, format the partition, and switch the swapfile on again.
For FS9, in the past there were reprots by people saying their sim was running faster withiout a swapfile. But that depends on their system and graphical settings, I assume. Golden rules say to keep file size fixed at an equal value like your RAM, or 1.5 as much. and to every rule, their are exceptions - others swear on letting Windows manage the file size.
If you are not running anything of the latest, memory demanding stuff with plenty of textures, and your gfx card not having ridiculously small RAM, I think the most comfortable option simply is not to care for your swapfile too much at all. Remember, in the past it was meant to compensate for small RAM in PC systems.