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| Thread ID: 93549 | 2008-09-22 08:38:00 | video RAM vs system RAM | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 706971 | 2008-09-23 03:17:00 | My system only recognises 2.7 gigs system ram. I have been told win xp recognises only 3.7 gigs ram. I have also been told that this 3.7 includes video ram. Which I doubt Any comments? the “4GB” maximum memory limit of 32-bit Windows is purely theoretical. In practice, the max memory is something significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the address space allocated to a couple other hardware resourcse. Typically, the realistic maximum memory is somewhere betwee 2.5GB and 3.5GB. Have a read here: www.codinghorror.com And I suggest you go buy yourself a 64bit O/S. Sooner or later you'll have to, why not use your nice 4gb? Doesn't have to be Vista, 64bit comes in XP too............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 706972 | 2008-09-23 03:28:00 | ... And I suggest you go buy yourself a 64bit O/S. Sooner or later you'll have to, why not use your nice 4gb? Doesn't have to be Vista, 64bit comes in XP too............ As regards 64bit OS, is there any software compatibility issues, like Office 2007, etc.? All application software have to be 64bit, too? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 706973 | 2008-09-23 03:55:00 | [QUOTE=pctek; And I suggest you go buy yourself a 64bit O/S. Sooner or later you'll have to, why not use your nice 4gb? Doesn't have to be Vista, 64bit comes in XP too............[/QUOTE] I have a nice new xp 64 SP 3 disk sitting here on my desk. BUT I wasted a week trying to install it. It just refused to install. And I had deep formatted my hard disk first. Firstly it did not show the introductory bits. And on the odd occasion it jumped into the install section it just locked up. I even left it trying overnight. So I gave up on 64 bit. MB Asus striker ll extreme CPU quad core extreme QX 9650 |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 706974 | 2008-09-23 04:40:00 | As regards 64bit OS, is there any software compatibility issues, like Office 2007, etc.? All application software have to be 64bit, too? Yep, all must be 64bit too, all down to drivers as well. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 706975 | 2008-09-23 05:20:00 | DONT use XP 64bit, it hasnt had any drivers written for it since Vista 64bit came out, it you want x64, go Vista!! And yes, use can install and use 32bit (x86) programs on Vista 64 |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 706976 | 2008-09-23 06:01:00 | use can install and use 32bit (x86) programs on Vista 64 That's new to me. Disregard my above comment. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 706977 | 2008-09-23 06:53:00 | That's new to me. Disregard my above comment. They dont write x64 versions of games do they!...LOL, although they probably could! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 706978 | 2008-09-23 06:55:00 | eh?, whats with the time of post, it 6.29pm as of right now... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 706979 | 2008-09-23 07:09:00 | They dont write x64 versions of games do they!...LOL, although they probably could! Ah that's right.... |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 706980 | 2008-09-23 22:46:00 | I have a nice new xp 64 SP 3 disk sitting here on my desk. BUT I wasted a week trying to install it. It just refused to install. And I had deep formatted my hard disk first. Firstly it did not show the introductory bits. And on the odd occasion it jumped into the install section it just locked up. I even left it trying overnight. So I gave up on 64 bit. MB Asus striker ll extreme CPU quad core extreme QX 9650 Obviously not fast enough hardware. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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