Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> No, that does not turn of virtual memory, it turns of the page file. The 
> page file is part of the a common virtual memory implementation, but the 
> most important part is that you have a non-linear physical memory (hence 
> the "virtual" in "virtual memory").

That would be the "virtual addressing" of which I was speaking. "Virtual 
addresses" don't match real addresses. "Virtual memory" doesn't match real 
memory.

 > In effect, disabling the page file
> simply means the system cannot move writable memory out to disk. The 
> system still can move all read-only memory to disk, such as code and 
> static data (i.e. resources) loaded from application and library files.

This is true. And of course the application still has the ability to map 
files and use page faults to read and write files. But if you're trying to 
limit how much memory a program allocates in order to reduce page thrashing, 
turning off the paging file will be sufficient. If you don't have enough 
memory to hold POV-Ray's executable code entirely in RAM, chances are you 
need more RAM anyway.

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