Quote - Just remember that no amount of swap space can actually increase the amount of memory a single program can use which is 2 GB on normal Windows, 3 GB when large address aware (Poser 7 is, other versions not), and 4 GB on Windows 64 (for 32 bit programs, no real limit for 64 bit programs).

Swap space helps when you have multiple programs running (and since the OS is actually running several programs all the time you are always running multiple programs) and you have a limited amount of RAM. On normal (32 bit) Windows there is no need to ever have more than 8 GB in total (a maximum of 3 GB real memory and 5 GB swap space), on 64 bit Windows you want as much as possible.

 
Interesting things to learn, I never knew exactly how it worked just that it worked.
I had all the same problems with memory clogs ect. that  people in this thread  and others were having,  I couldn't do much of a scene and render it, always got errors out of mem ect. So I went looking and found this about setting up a paging file in the documentation that came with Poser. And since I set up my paging files I have not had any problems since, with memory.
Plus it helped in other non poser areas as well. I run all sorts of apps at the same time, 3dsMax, Zbrush2, Zbrush3, Maya,UV mapper, and run around on the internet. Befor I set up the paging file I couldn't even run Max and Zbrush together.

I wish I had a 64bit windows, I have heard that its so much better for 3d than 32 bit. I am about to upgrade my whole system soon, and that is definitely one of the things I want is the 64 bit windows.

cheers.

Mike

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A HOMELAND FOR POSER FINALLY