Simple Question about 4gb RAM

OnlyCurious · 11-01-2007, 11:09 PM

I have 2gb of ram right now. But I want to buy another 2gb to make it 4gb total (the prices are stupid, I paid double for 2gb's 2-3 months ago).

My question is... will it help with performance with Windows XP Professional SP2?

I heard the max it reads is 2.5gb's or something and that the other 1.5gb's are used for virtual memory. Will the extra 2gb's help with loading times when playing Crysis?

dario03 · 11-01-2007, 11:12 PM

32bit version of Windows will read 3gb but not the full 4.

OnlyCurious · 11-01-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dario03

32bit version of Windows will read 3gb but not the full 4.

So what happens to the leftover 1gb??

b1gapl · 11-01-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by OnlyCurious

So what happens to the leftover 1gb??

It's just not seen. That's all.

The extra 2GB won't help much. Loading screens depend more on the speed of your hard drive. The extra might come in handy, if you were playing at a high resolution. Or multi-tasking like crazy, while playing.