>I have seen various ideas and strategies for optimizing the memory buffer size for vfp. sys(3050,1) & sys(3050,2)
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>Does vfp8 do a better job at tweaking this number?
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>If not, what are the best ways to tweak this setting?

Steve,

I'm unaware about any changes in this area. I think Optimizing the VFP Bufffer Size FAQ #8125 still applicable.