4GB limit on what? Maybe I missed something there. I thought we were
talking about PPM and not Memory Management as a whole. Or has the
conversation expanded?
-Richard Eid
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Luke Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok you're saying exactly what I was saying so thanks? And Richard thanks
> for
> the link, but it only shows that Vista still has the 4GB limit. Either way
> thanks for the link it did provide me with some knowledge. Either way I
> guess this is pointless now lol. Thanks Richard for your input!
>
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> Not sure how you're using the word "paging" and you've also got a pretty
> important typo in your first sentence.
> On 32-bit OS, each process can have up to 2gig of virtual memory, and the
> kernel takes the other 2. On a 32 bit OS with the /3gb switch, the kernel
> only takes 1 gig, and _if the process has the correct flag saying it can
> use memory over 2gig_ (large address aware iirc), it can then use up to 3.
>
> On a 64-bit OS, the /3gb switch isn't necessary. Instead, if a process has
> large address aware set, it can address up to 4 gigs of memory. If not,
> still 2.
>
> As PPM is a kernel level thing, specifying /3gb switch on 32-bit OS will
> reduce the PPM size, and (unless you have large address aware programs that
> need the virtual memory, have no beneficial effect)
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