placement new + array +alignment

SomeObj<unsigned int>* Buffer;
char* BufferPtr = MemoryManager::giveMeSomeBytes(resX*resY*sizeof(SomeObj<unsigned int>));
Buffer = new(BufferPtr) SomeObj<unsigned int>[resX*resY];

when I step past these lines with the debugger, it shows me the values for the variables Buffer and BufferPtr:

BufferPtr: 0x0d7f004c
Buffer:    0x0d7f0050

I don't really understand why those values differ. The way I understand it, placement new should use the memory starting at address 'BufferPtr' to initialize the array elements using theyr default constructors on the allocated memory and return a pointer to the first byte of the first element in the array, which should be exactly the same byte as passed to the placement new operator.

Did I understand something wrong or can someone tell me why the values differ?

thanks!

//edit: ok - i investigated the issue further and got more confusing results:

    int size = sizeof(matth_ptr<int>);

    char* testPtr1 = (char*)malloc(a_resX*a_resY*sizeof(int));
    int* test1 = new(testPtr1) int[a_resX*a_resY];

    char* testPtr2 = mmgr::requestMemory(a_resX*a_resY*sizeof(int));
    int* test2 = new(testPtr2) int[a_resX*a_resY];

    char* testPtr3 = (char*)malloc(a_resX*a_resY*sizeof(matth_ptr<int>));
    matth_ptr<int>* test3 = new(testPtr3)matth_ptr<int>[a_resX*a_resY];

    char* testPtr4 = mmgr::requestMemory(a_resX*a_resY*sizeof(matth_ptr<int>));
    matth_ptr<int>* test4 = new(testPtr4)matth_ptr<int>[a_resX*a_resY];

the debugger returns me the following values for my variables:

size: 4

testPtr1:0x05100418
test1:   0x05100418
testPtr2:0x0da80050
test2:   0x0da80050

testPtr3:0x05101458
test3:   0x0510145c
testPtr4:0x0da81050
test4:   0x0da81054

so it clearly must have something to do with my generic smartpointer class matth_ptr so here it is:

template <class X> class matth_ptr
{
public:
    typedef X element_type;

    matth_ptr(){
        memoryOfst = 0xFFFFFFFF;
    } 

    matth_ptr(X* p) 
    {
        unsigned char idx = mmgr::getCurrentChunkIdx();
        memoryOfst = (int)p-(int)mmgr::getBaseAddress(idx);
        assert(memoryOfst<=0x00FFFFFF || p==0);//NULL pointer is not yet handled
        chunkIdx = idx;
    }
    ~matth_ptr()                {}
    X& operator*()              {return *((X*)(mmgr::getBaseAddress(chunkIdx)+(memoryOfst&0x00FFFFFF)));}
    X* operator->()             {return  ((X*)(mmgr::getBaseAddress(chunkIdx)+(memoryOfst&0x00FFFFFF)));}
    X* get()                    {return  ((X*)(mmgr::getBaseAddress(chunkIdx)+(memoryOfst&0x00FFFFFF)));}


    template<typename T>
    matth_ptr(const matth_ptr<T>& other) {memoryOfst=other.memoryOfst;}//put these two operators into the private part in order to prevent copying of the smartpointers
    template<typename T>
    matth_ptr& operator=(const matth_ptr<T>& other) {memoryOfst = other.memoryOfst; return *this;}
    template<typename T>
    friend class matth_ptr;
private:

    union //4GB adressable in chunks of 16 MB
    {
        struct{
            unsigned char padding[3]; //3 bytes padding
            unsigned char chunkIdx; //8 bit chunk index
        };
        unsigned int memoryOfst; //24bit address ofst
    };

};

can anyone explain me what's going on? thanks!