> can handle RAM swapping from disk Slight caveat, Windows 10 rarely pages out to the disk.[1] I'm not sure if it's possible to ask it to treat your mmaps in t

> can handle RAM swapping from disk Slight caveat, Windows 10 rarely pages out to the disk.[1] I'm not sure if it's possible to ask it to treat your mmaps in this way. Regardless, implementing the synchronization required to pull this off would be a nightmare - especially in Vulkan/DX12. The OS would also need some form of API where you are notified that a mmaped page is faulting. Except for the very top studios (AAA) it would likely be a completely unapproachable API. Still, it would be fascinating to see what the very best could do with it. > You can only load 33MB of assets in a one frame in a best-case scenario. Carmack indicates that "you could still manually pre-touch media to guarantee residence". Meaning that we're back to loading screens (hopefully shorter ones, though). [1]: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Memory-Compression-in-Windows-10-RTM https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Memory-Compressi...