To understand why the patch is "better," you must first understand the shackles of 32-bit applications. NFS Carbon was compiled as a 32-bit executable ( speed.exe ). On older 32-bit operating systems, an application could only address a maximum of 2 GB of RAM (the other 2 GB was reserved for the system kernel).
, 8K skyboxes, or HD reflections, the game needs the extra memory to load these larger files into your system RAM. Improved Framerate Stability
The patch works by flipping a specific bit in the Characteristics field of the Portable Executable (PE) header. This flag is known as .