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Maxing out my usable RAM

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by bax2x

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If my computer's maximum RAM is listed as 4GB (4 x 1GB) and 128MB is used by integrated graphics / installed video memory and I read somewhere that Vista 32 bit can't support higher than 3.3GB what is the best possible set up for me to have using the 4 RAM slots to maximize this memory? Should I just buy 4 x 1GB and call it a day or is that not going to work because it would be too much?

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by bax2x

Does it just not dignify a response?!

by xtersmooth

That was great! I needed the answer as well. Thanks.

later...

by bax2x

mXpS08-20-2007, 09:53 AM
I know this doesn't really apply to this question and it is basically nitpicking but 32-bit systems can support more than 4,096GBs. You just have to have PAE (Physical Address Extension) to map out the space. PAE allows applications to manipulate more memory than the 2GBs allowed for applications (and more than 4GBs for the system). With PAE you can use up to 64GBs (I believe) of physical memory. In Windows you have to use AWE API to achieve this, but like I said before this doesn't really just do the topic any justice but I thought I would just throw it out there to add to the conversation so people could be informed.

This is a post on:

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-34473.html

Ok, so is it worth it to set up my machine to max out the 4MB of RAM this way and how do I do it?

by bax2x

How do I find out the socket type for my processor?

by bax2x

So yeah, I don't have Vista 64 bit and my BIOS doesn't support memory remapping. Problem solved.

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