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How much RAM do you have on your PC?
katykaty:
4 GB - though I'm on XP so only get 3.25. But at the prices these days why have less?
cranioscopical:
4 GB - though I'm on XP so only get 3.25. But at the prices these days why have less?-katykaty (September 17, 2007, 02:19 PM)
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My thought exactly, though it was a little frustrating at the time of purchase :)
Armando:
But at the prices these days why have less?
-katykaty (September 17, 2007, 02:19 PM)
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Depends where you live and how much you earn...
Carol Haynes:
4 GB - though I'm on XP so only get 3.25. But at the prices these days why have less?
-katykaty (September 17, 2007, 02:19 PM)
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There is no reason why you should settle for 3.25 Gb of your 4Gb on Windows XP. I posted a number of articles in another thread about WinXP memory management which says you should be able to use the full 4Gb. You may need to set a boot time switch though (although I think it is default).
Some motherboards restrict memory access so it may not be a Windows fault - but losing 0.75 Gb seems a bit excessive which makes me suspect this in't the problem here.
katykaty:
4 GB - though I'm on XP so only get 3.25. But at the prices these days why have less?
-katykaty (September 17, 2007, 02:19 PM)
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There is no reason why you should settle for 3.25 Gb of your 4Gb on Windows XP. I posted a number of articles in another thread about WinXP memory management which says you should be able to use the full 4Gb. You may need to set a boot time switch though (although I think it is default).
Some motherboards restrict memory access so it may not be a Windows fault - but losing 0.75 Gb seems a bit excessive which makes me suspect this in't the problem here.
-Carol Haynes (September 17, 2007, 03:28 PM)
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It's because the 4GB limit is the maximum of all memory. That includes a bit for system stuff and the graphics card memory. And my graphics card has 512MB.
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