[vtkusers] Can VTK handle 1GB data?

[John Drescher]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:17 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:00 AM, rakesh patil <prakeshofficial at gmail.com> wrote:
>> HI,
>>
>> I found this link here
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
>>
>> It is mentioned that,
>>
>> Limits on physical memory for 32-bit platforms also depend on the Physical
>> Address Extension (PAE), which allows 32-bit Windows systems to use more
>> than 4 GB of physical memory.
>>
>> and
>>
>>
>> 4-gigabyte tuning (4GT), also known as application memory tuning, or the
>> /3GB switch, is a technology (only applicable to 32 bit systems) that alters
>> the amount of virtual address space available to user mode applications.
>> Enabling this technology reduces the overall size of the system virtual
>> address space and therefore system resource maximums.
>>
>> Will this help me to achieve my task? Did anyone came across such situation?
>>
>
> No. vtk does not use PAE.
>

I have used the /3GB switch and the linker flag LARGEADDRESSAWARE.
This will allow for a larger 3GB address space however you still will
have problems with address space fragmentation. You can get around
some of this with rebasing your dlls however it is a lot of work.

John