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I've got 4GB of ram on my laptop, but my operating system is Windows 7 x86 so I've got 3~ GB available from 4GB.

Some games are crashing because of running out of memory. So the solution I found is to use bcdedit/ set IncreaseUserVA 3072. I still haven't used it because I've got a question - How does it work?

I mean - it allows applications to get memory from non-visible 1GB or what?

Carl B
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You mix virtual and physical memory management. By default 32Bit processes can use 2GB of virtual memory. By running this command applications can now see 3GB of virtual memory on a 32Bit Windows and 4GB of virtual memory on a 64Bit Windows when the application is compiled with the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE linker option.

magicandre1981
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