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Old 02-12-2007   #10 (permalink)
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Re: 3 Vista vs XP? 2 GB Limit; VM Performance; and Multiple Remote Lo

The /3gb switch has nothing to do with how much physical RAM you have
installed. It is used to allow each 32-bit process to address up to 3gb of
virtual memory instead of 2gb. However, if the app doesn't know how to use
that much it won't do anything anyway, except for limit your kernel memory,
which is of course a bad thing.


"MGbassace" <MGbassace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F5DD3AD-13BA-45E5-B173-74E9F333F362@microsoft.com...
>I havent had to use the /3gb switch on the 32 bit version it detected that
>I
> have 3gb installed.
>
> MBG
>
> "Peter de B. Harrington" wrote:
>
>> HI:
>>
>> I run many memory intensive calculations. I am curious if the 32 bit
>> Vista
>> (business edition) still has the limit on memory allocation of 2
>> GB/thread
>> the way XP does?
>>
>> Is there an improvement in virtual memory management over XP?
>>
>> Lastly, does Vista support multiple users remotely logged into the same
>> computer?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>>



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