Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
As an aside, I'd recommend just making your initial and maximum swap file size to the same amount if you're going to be messing with it anyhow. It's debatable as to how much benefit it will get you, but it should spare your computer from having to resize the file on the fly should it need to and could also cut down on disk fragmentation.
I was about to say that but didn't know why it's actually better, good explanation.