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DaWei · Oct 29th, 2006, 9:51 AM

I've wondered for many, many years why anyone would want a ram drive. It treats the memory as a faster drive, sure, but as a much slower repository for data than RAM, itself. The opposite treatment, a drive as virtual memory, is much more useful. The second gig, of course, relieves you of the need for some virtual memory.

I understand where you're coming from, as I've seen the effects of loading high-res scenery in Fsim, but I stand by my post, and would even upgrade the word, "most", if I could think of an alternative that suited me.

Oct 29th, 2006, 9:51 AM	#9
DaWei Resident Grouch Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6,453 Rep Power: 10	I've wondered for many, many years why anyone would want a ram drive. It treats the memory as a faster drive, sure, but as a much slower repository for data than RAM, itself. The opposite treatment, a drive as virtual memory, is much more useful. The second gig, of course, relieves you of the need for some virtual memory. I understand where you're coming from, as I've seen the effects of loading high-res scenery in Fsim, but I stand by my post, and would even upgrade the word, "most", if I could think of an alternative that suited me. __________________ Abstraction doesn't make it impossible to write bad code; it makes it possible to write superior code. Contributor's Corner: Grumpy on C++ Exceptions DaWei on Pointers