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NagelFire
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Joined: 3/05/06
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As anyone who has vista knows, if you start up Vista and log in you will be presented with a "Wecome Center" screen. This welcome center shows your specs, like you Vid card, Ram, Processor. When I had vista SP1 it was reading that I had 4 gigs of available RAM. After overclocking and upgrading to Vista SP2, It says that I have 3.25 gigs. I was wondering if this is a bug on microsofts part, or is this was a correction so that it accounts for the amoount of RAM vista takes up on its own. ------------------------- |
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No, SP2 is just being honest.
32-bit OSes cannot actually utilize a full 4 gigs of RAM without monkeying with the registry. And even then they won't go above 4.
3.25 is about right. For more information, look at support.microsoft.com/kb/929605 |
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With any 32 bit operating system it can only use 4gb of system RAM. This includes any graphics card memory. Graphics card memory is assigned before system RAM. Your 3.25 gb of RAM is pretty much standard accessible memory with a 512 mb graphics card in a 32 bit OS. |
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In other words, it's time for a 64-bit upgrade. As someone else mentioned in another thread about Vista recently, you don't need a new product key. Your product key for 32-bit should also work for a 64-bit installation of the OS. You just need an installation disc. |
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