256 MB swap partition size and 1GB physical RAM

[Morton D. Trace]

For the  4.2 version of open BSD, how large should the swap partition
ideally be?

is the size the same for i386 and amd64 ?
it depends only on physical RAM, please?

if I have an old PC for experimenting with say 256 MB RAM.
and the latest OpenBSD, how large should ideally the swap be?

I do face the problem that even invoking   mc
the midnight commander takes 60 seconds.

Some applications runs well and I can experience no difference to
other OS.


I think it can be some amd64 problems and it could be that
all 32 bit runs faster,


http://bulk.fefe.de/scalability/#newdata

What do you think?
is the OpenBSD Experience suffering of improper swap size partition?


# disklabel  wd0
# Inside MBR partition 1: type A6 start 143380125 size 20498940
# /dev/rwd0c:
type: ESDI
disk: ESDI/IDE disk
label: HITACHI HDS7225S
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 255
sectors/cylinder: 16065
cylinders: 30400
total sectors: 488390625
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0           # microseconds
track-to-track seek: 0  # microseconds
drivedata: 0

16 partitions:
#                size           offset  fstype [fsize bsize  cpg]
  a:           530145        143380125  4.2BSD   2048 16384    1
  b:           273105        143910270    swap
  c:        488390625                0  unused      0     0
  d:          2104515        144183375  4.2BSD   2048 16384    1
  e:          1060290        146287890  4.2BSD   2048 16384    1
  f:         12594960        147348180  4.2BSD   2048 16384    1
  h:          3935925        159943140  4.2BSD   2048 16384    1
  i:        143364060            16065 unknown
#




                 size
  b:           273105        143910270    swap

I set it up with 256 MB swap partition and I have 1GB RAM.
is it incorrect?


regards

Morton