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| Thread ID: 98433 | 2009-03-25 00:22:00 | Who on earth ... ? 1.7GB Video RAM? | Chilling_Silence (9) | Press F1 |
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| 759197 | 2009-03-25 04:57:00 | On a 32bit operating system, that would only leave around 1.8gb of address space for the system. I guess it is useful for 64bit systems? AFAIK 64-bit Windows Systems are still limited by 4GB of addressing memory per-application, which by default is around 1.5-2GB phsical + 2GB Virtual. Apps like Supreme Commander already hit that limit... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 759198 | 2009-03-25 05:15:00 | On this PC - XP 32 bit here sees 3.25Gb Ram. XP 64 Bit sees 64Bit, OSX sees 6Gb. | Bantu (52) | ||
| 759199 | 2009-03-25 05:17:00 | I would. Well, if I had the money........... X2. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 759200 | 2009-03-25 05:43:00 | On a 32bit operating system, that would only leave around 1.8gb of address space for the system. I guess it is useful for 64bit systems? System RAM is not Graphics RAM. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 759201 | 2009-03-25 06:05:00 | think of it as a long term investment.. nothing needs that much now but ull be sorry 3 years later and ur the only person who doesnt have one lol ;) | nerd (109) | ||
| 759202 | 2009-03-25 19:07:00 | System RAM is not Graphics RAM. Ah, yes, but the problem with 32-bit is you cannot address more than 4GB of RAM, that is a combination of Virtual RAM, Physical RAM and Video RAM as far as I am aware. Then, you reach 64-bit and you run into the 4GB per-app limit anyways, I'll try and find some reading material on it... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 759203 | 2009-03-25 19:12:00 | Reading material as promised :) www.anandtech.com www.anandtech.com |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 759204 | 2009-03-25 21:34:00 | System RAM is not Graphics RAM. Don't they both share the same address space? |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 759205 | 2009-03-26 00:13:00 | AFAIK 64-bit Windows Systems are still limited by 4GB of addressing memory per-application, which by default is around 1.5-2GB phsical + 2GB Virtual. Apps like Supreme Commander already hit that limit... Thats only x86 applications with the limit, x64 apps dont!, CS4? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 759206 | 2009-03-26 02:15:00 | I suppose we just have to wait for all apps to be fully 64-bit native .. not many I know are, except for CS4 which doesnt (AFAIK) need 1.7GB Video RAM ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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