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WH4K · 03-14-11, 09:58 AM

The "warning" above sounds Chicken Little-ish.

I can't speak for other "4GB patches," but there is no evidence that Daniel Pistelli's (aka NTCore) 4GB patch does anything to the Windows 7 kernel. I don't understand exactly what his patch does, but I could say the same thing about the Windows 7 kernel itself, or SH4.exe.

I'm not sure that Windows 7 would allow kernel alterations without kicking up a big fuss, if at all. I have had no evidence of nefarious goings-on, such as MSE alerts, bluescreens, or unexplained network traffic. So the simpler explanation is that the NTCore patch is just what it says it is, not some very clever Trojan.

I had not yet run across claims of "improved performance" with the 4GB patch (NTCore or anyone else's). That does sound nuts. Why would anyone think the program would magically "run faster" because of a mysterious software trick? Placebo effect, indeed.

The last time I recall hearing "runs faster" claims, they regarded "memory manager" software, common in the 1990's MS-DOS era. There were several alleged "run faster" programs or utilities, all of which were powerless to increase your CPU's clock speed and did not magically give you more RAM.

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WH4K Frogman Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 291 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	The "warning" above sounds Chicken Little-ish. I can't speak for other "4GB patches," but there is no evidence that Daniel Pistelli's (aka NTCore) 4GB patch does anything to the Windows 7 kernel. I don't understand exactly what his patch does, but I could say the same thing about the Windows 7 kernel itself, or SH4.exe. I'm not sure that Windows 7 would allow kernel alterations without kicking up a big fuss, if at all. I have had no evidence of nefarious goings-on, such as MSE alerts, bluescreens, or unexplained network traffic. So the simpler explanation is that the NTCore patch is just what it says it is, not some very clever Trojan. I had not yet run across claims of "improved performance" with the 4GB patch (NTCore or anyone else's). That does sound nuts. Why would anyone think the program would magically "run faster" because of a mysterious software trick? Placebo effect, indeed. The last time I recall hearing "runs faster" claims, they regarded "memory manager" software, common in the 1990's MS-DOS era. There were several alleged "run faster" programs or utilities, all of which were powerless to increase your CPU's clock speed and did not magically give you more RAM. __________________ Windows 10 Pro (x64)