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09-26-2008, 03:45 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 442
|  4gb memory on xp
I am thinking about upgrading to 4gb of memory on my computer and I was wondering if I will be able to take advantage of it with windows XP pro or would I need to do vista?
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09-26-2008, 03:51 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: vegas Posts: 686
| Re: 4gb memory on xp
More memory is always a benefit in performance. It increases availablity in some programs to store information, the larger amount the program has at it's disposal increases the amount it's capable of outputting.
Ram in terms of gaming will help you in speed and some other benefits, but calculating all the information that a game has falls on your graphics card and processor.
How much ram do you have now?
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09-26-2008, 03:55 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,329
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Vista will use your ram more efficiently, but it cann't hold more ram. The amount of ram a system can recognize is dependant upon the system, 32 bit or 64 bit. 32 bit will only recognize 3.5 gig work of ram, xp or vista it doesn't matter. 64 bit can hold a lot more, like 100+ gig, xp or vista.
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09-26-2008, 05:58 PM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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32bit vista SP1 recognises upto 4Gbs, my sister's laptop has 4.
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09-26-2008, 06:39 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: vegas Posts: 686
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Originally Posted by Nick  32bit vista SP1 recognises upto 4Gbs, my sister's laptop has 4. | Vista can, but, there's no program that will use it all, manufacturers probably cut corners by installing two 2GB sticks, and a 512 or 1GB to make up for the .50 that vista will cut out. It's all in the numbers man, Windows reads 1000kbs differently then we do.
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09-26-2008, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,329
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It may see it but i guarantee it cant use it.
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09-26-2008, 11:53 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: vegas Posts: 686
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Thus the benefits of a 64bit OS
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09-27-2008, 12:19 AM
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3D and CAD professional Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,084
| Re: 4gb memory on xp
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Originally Posted by Nick 32bit vista SP1 recognises upto 4Gbs, my sister's laptop has 4. | No it doesnt. All SP1 does is 'show' that it has 4GBs, but it still cant use more that around 3.2-3.5GBs (depending on the rest of the system).
It is a limitation of 32bit and there is NO way around it. So get a 64bit if you plan to use more that 3GBs. Oh and your cpu has to be 64bit (eg. no pentium 4s)
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09-27-2008, 07:11 AM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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Never said it uses just recognizes
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09-27-2008, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Lexluethar Vista will use your ram more efficiently | That's debatable. XP uses less of it.
I use XP x64, which has an upper limit of 128GB RAM.
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