Hardware Improvements & "Save" Performance

Interesting. Why does the 3GB switch accelerate save times? I can see how it would prevent a crash if SW tries to allocate too much memory during a save, but what makes it faster?

Just for curiosity, take a look at your task manager and see what the peak commit charge goes to. I too am a bit baffled as to why save times would improve with the switch. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it changes how the information is stored, as in it can access it more efficiently. But even that thought doesn't hold much water.

WT

My guess would be that it has something to do with swapping programs and other data in and out of memory making it easier for the OS to accomodate SW need for contiguous memory. I have a little test part that can run SW out of memory under certain conditions. I suppose Devon has found another case were this is so.

Dale Dunn wrote:

Ultimately, what I want to know is, if I should enable the 3GB switch to increase save performance, even though I don't need it for capacity.

Can you explain in basic terms what the "3GB switch" actually does?

I must admit, I didn't pay attention or read about it a few weeks back when it was noted in the group.

Thanks - Bo

Shame on you! Ok, that was my tough voice....

I just emailed the 2 articles to you - read up and come back with more questions.

One of the issues we didn't cover was the faster saves being reported in this thread, and it appears that either we don't understand something (very possible), Devon is getting some other influence in there that isn't being realized (also possible), or he's just yanking our chain (definitely possible.) :-) Hopefully by enough testing, we can zero in on this one.

WT

I have not been on this board in a while but I am running into major performance problems when I open or save files. What is this 3 gig switch thing you are all talking about? Im thinking of upgrading to a SCSI drive to help alleviate my problems.

Nick

Implementing the 3GB switch sounds risky after reading Microsoft's warnings with regards to applying this fix to Window XP Professional/SP1 and the fact it has not been regression tested. Has anyone applied the 3GB switch successfully to Windows XP Pro/SP1 and problems if any?

Kman

also I wonder if there will be problems with XPsp2 which is out soon??

I asked the technical support person at Microsoft if this limitation would be corrected in SP2. The reply was "don't know-might be." They also couldn't tell me when SP2 would be released. So I don't know anymore now than I did before the phone call.

Kman

Hello Wayne- I don't have time to "yank chains", I'm too busy to bother with such nonsense. Also, I'm not really interested in debating if or why I got these results, again, I'm too busy. I posted these results to help others. That's all. If you choose not to believe them, I really don't care. I don't have time to "uninstall" and then "reinstall" these hardware components and software settings to present more information about this subject, again, that's why I posted what I had. The "3GB Switch" issue has been posted here many times in the past. A simple search on "Google" will display the results required to make a decision about installation. Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell

configurations,

Hey, I sense a chill in your post here - apparently you couldn't see the tongue in my cheek from there. No harm was intended from my end, rather just a bit of fun. Apology accepted?

I've been around here long enough to know that things aren't always what they seem to be, so therefore when something unusual comes along, I like to get to the bottom of it. Understanding why something happens makes for better utilization of the benefits. Knowing more than just passing knowledge about the 3Gb switch makes me realize that what you presented doesn't make sense at face value, but that's also what makes it intriguing. I really didn't think you made it up, but not being able to explain the observation, leads one to throw out various possible explanations, most of which will be wrong. Food for thought.

WT

"Kman" Wrote in news:s0hhc.16713$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net:

I just came across this article, which addresses 3GB switch in XP Pro SP1. I would guess if they've provided a hotfix for SP1 there will be support in SP2, but who knows. If you are REALLY curious, get a copy of SP2 RC1 (plenty floating around usenet)...