"Ken Willmott" <ken### [at] rogerscom> wrote:
> When I removed the crackle function from my main project, all the problems
> disappeared. Memory remained stable, slightly less than 2.0GB. It will be a
> painful loss, since it made such beautiful rock surfaces. I guess I will end up
> using something like bozo+wrinkles instead.
>
> It is my impression that virtual memory is useful mostly to make memory
> management easier, rather than to increase the working memory capacity. It can't
> work with 100% physical memory allocated because of excessive disk swapping. I
> think this is a fundamental constraint that is common to all OS, whether it is
> Windows or Linux or whatever.


You mentioned having quite a bit of RAM.  Have you tried turning virtual memory
off and using a RAM disk to see how it does?  RAM disks are not difficult to set
up, and it may be worth the effort.

-Reactor

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