Here are some mem/v results with different VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT
{0}[c:\] grep VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT config.sys
VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT=2560
{0}[c:\] mem /v
Total physical memory: 15,998 MB
Accessible to system: 1,670 MB
Additional (PAE) memory: 14,328 MB
Resident memory: 148 MB
Available virtual memory: 1,440 MB
Available process memory:
Private low memory: 336 MB
Private high memory: 1,792 MB
Shared low memory: 257 MB
Shared high memory: 1,715 MB
grep VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT config.sys
VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT=1536
mem /v
Total physical memory: 15,998 MB
Accessible to system: 1,670 MB
Additional (PAE) memory: 14,328 MB
Resident memory: 148 MB
Available virtual memory: 1,440 MB
Available process memory:
Private low memory: 338 MB
Private high memory: 896 MB
Shared low memory: 259 MB
Shared high memory: 819 MB
grep VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT config.sys
VIRTUALADDRESSLIMIT=3072
mem /v
Total physical memory: 15,998 MB
Accessible to system: 1,670 MB
Additional (PAE) memory: 14,328 MB
Resident memory: 148 MB
Available virtual memory: 1,440 MB
Available process memory:
Private low memory: 337 MB
Private high memory: 2,240 MB
Shared low memory: 259 MB
Shared high memory: 2,163 MB
I'm using the default, SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 2048 2048
This is a new computer with an i7-14700. With hyper-threading OFF, it has 20 processors.