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| Thread ID: 96863 | 2009-01-26 21:10:00 | Have I been ripped off? | johcar (6283) | Press F1 |
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| 742243 | 2009-01-26 21:10:00 | Or am I misunderstanding something? Bought an Asus N50Vc before Christmas. Sticker beside the touchpad gives all the specs, including mention of 4GB RAM (it's running Vista Ultimate) Just downloaded Belarc and run it and Belarc reports 3072MB RAM - apparently short by 1GB. (I also see this on the Performance tab of the Task Manager) However the Belarc report also shows: "Slot 'SODIMM0' has 2048 MB Slot 'SODIMM1' has 2048 MB" which suggest there IS 4GB RAM, but perhaps one stick has partially failed... Any ideas??? Is it possible for one side of one stick to fail, but not affect the other side? |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 742244 | 2009-01-26 21:19:00 | No that's about right... assuming you're using a 32 bit OS. These can only address just over 3GB of RAM.... 3.3GB if I'm not mistaken. You can physically install 4GB but Windows will not address/recognise the full 4GB. If you want 4GB+ you will need to use a 64 bit OS. Your onboard graphics chip might also be allocated some of the RAM for use so that could also be the reson why your RAM is closer to 3GB rather than 3.3GB. Cheers, |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 742245 | 2009-01-26 21:33:00 | How much memory does the graphics card have? This is included in the total Windows can see (which ought to be 4GB). As far as I know - and I'm sure I've read this off a microsoft website at some point, Windows XP and Vista 32 bit can only address 4GB total of memory. This is normal system RAM and also and memory on a graphics card, if theres one installed. Example would be - PC with 2x 2GB RAM and a 512MB graphics card. Windows would show 3.5GB (or thereabouts) available for use. Please correct me if I'm wrong. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 742246 | 2009-01-26 21:54:00 | How much memory does the graphics card have? This is included in the total Windows can see (which ought to be 4GB). As far as I know - and I'm sure I've read this off a microsoft website at some point, Windows XP and Vista 32 bit can only address 4GB total of memory. This is normal system RAM and also and memory on a graphics card, if theres one installed. Example would be - PC with 2x 2GB RAM and a 512MB graphics card. Windows would show 3.5GB (or thereabouts) available for use. Please correct me if I'm wrong. :p The sticker (and specs) say 4GB RAM and a 512MB separate video card (GeForce 9300m GS). It was my understanding that Ultimate was able to use, and in fact benefited from, 4GB RAM.... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 742247 | 2009-01-26 21:56:00 | youve probably been partially ripped off - you have all the right hardware but only a 32 bit OS that can only see just over 3GB ram cause its cheaper if you really REALLY NEED that extra 900mb ram then grab a copy of vista 64bit :thumbs: |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 742248 | 2009-01-26 22:01:00 | I saw one of the discs that came with the system appears to have 64bit drivers - so maybe the unit is 64bit-compatible, but I don't have a 64bit version of Vista (nor do I have a current 'need' to invest in that kind of upgrade) | johcar (6283) | ||
| 742249 | 2009-01-26 22:13:00 | Anyone know if the 3.3-3.5gb limit is also affected by dedicated RAM on a graphics card? What I mean is if you have 3gigs of ram + 512mb of ram for the dedicated graphics card does that mean potentially you loose say 300megs of system ram (so in this case 2724megs of System RAM available) because of the onboard graphics RAM? | razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 742250 | 2009-01-26 22:21:00 | Anyone know if the 3.3-3.5gb limit is also affected by dedicated RAM on a graphics card? What I mean is if you have 3gigs of ram + 512mb of ram for the dedicated graphics card does that mean potentially you loose say 300megs of system ram (so in this case 2724megs of System RAM available) because of the onboard graphics RAM? Pretty sure it is. 32-bit OSs can only address a total of 4GB of memory for all memory (RAM, Graphics card RAM, cache etc) in the computer. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 742251 | 2009-01-26 22:22:00 | I'm thinking it has to be counted as the graphics card RAM has to be addressable by the OS correct? | razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 742252 | 2009-01-26 22:23:00 | Pretty sure it is. 32-bit OSs can only address a total of 4GB of memory for all memory in the computer. Thats what I thought :) |
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