[vtkusers] Can VTK handle 1GB data?

[rakesh patil]

Hi,

So the best solution is to test it on 64bit machine with 64bit OS and VTK
compiled with 64bit flag isn't it..?

Thanks

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:51 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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