Mark Dapoz wrote:
>
> Almost all Intel processors after the Pentium Pro support 36-bit addressing
> using what's known as physical address extensions (PAE). That allows for a
> total of 64GB of physical memory while still running in 32-bit mode. Some
> versions of Windows supports PAE but the applications running on Windows are
> still limited to 4GB each.
>
From what I saw on the web about actually doing this for a simple home
user, it seemed to me that simply buying a quad core machine, Win64 and
lots of memory would be worth the time saved and my sanity. Happy with
dual core and 3GB for now.
> Having multiple cores makes no difference as all the memory is shared
That's what I thought, but wasn't sure enough of to say so. Thanks.
> except on the new Nehalem based Xeon cpu's. In Nehalem each cpu has local
> memory and the OS needs to take that in account when assigning memory to
> tasks running on a particular core.
>
Doesn't sound like anything I need anytime soon. :-)
Moose
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