Friday 2010-10-29 Dev. update and Discussion

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by The Kraken

The technical limit for 32bit is actually 4GB of address space, but due to internal workings of the OS when integrating other memory areas, the practical limit in 32bit Windows is around 3GB. So it may still work fine on Vista32, even without scaling down too many settings.

I am aware of that. However, the RAM limit which any program can use for itself is 2GB.

Originally Posted by swiss

Uh thor - that vid is not necessarily played on one of the public pcs.

Oleg has stated on numerous occasions that he and his staff are deliberately working on medium to low end machines. This was a video they recorded elsewhere, so I presume that the rig in question had sufficient RAM, compared to the ones at Igomir 2010. The effects in that footage might not even be maxed out like in the rest of the YT videos shown around here.

[The Kraken]

Originally Posted by T}{OR

I am aware of that. However, the RAM limit which any program can use for itself is 2GB.

That's per process which is normally (but not always) synonymous with the application (GUI can easily run in its own process). And then there's the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag...

But ok, in the end it's a safe bet that 64bit with enough RAM is the better choice