Ultimate memory tweak (.cab included)

[firegeek]

I too second this. 655360 is amazing!
Not to embellish... but... lightning fast doesn't do it justice.
Phenomenal is a great word for it. Thanks.
Even windows folder opens 1/2 the time as previous.

Now let's see if this effects stability.

E.

[jamaa124]

Originally Posted by Wideawake

yea theres a side effect u will lose some memory with this hack, I myself tried it in the past and didn't notice much of a change. So I choice not to add this to ApacheHax simply cuz my main memory is precious. :P
~Mike

same here....i didn't notice much of a difference myself.

[schettj]

640K of program memory is an awful lot.
The default setting uses 32kb
People often use 64kb - I am currently running at 256kb (262144) which seems to be a reasonable tradeoff.

A little poking around with google shows that this setting is used by the os to cache fonts as they are rendered:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms900737.aspx

The value specified for the limit is the size in bytes of the glyph cache per realized font. This number is automatically multiplied by 4 for antialiased fonts.

A realized font is any unique combination of font, height, weight, and effects (for example, outline or emboss). A font is realized the first time an application uses it for drawing, and is unrealized when the application deletes the HFONT.

Note that's per-font! So setting this very high can eat a lot of memory when running PIE, with multiple fonts.

So, going crazy with this setting may not be a good idea