If i had 8 GB and my mobo addresses 8 GB only, I can understand why i wud get
only 7374 MB ram. but the issue here is, vista x64 has not remapped the
resources for devices to the 8GB space, it is still at the 4GB and downwards
space, as a result it is gobbling up my RAM.
"Bob Campbell" wrote:
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> "Canuck57" <dave-no.spam4me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EVCFj.111467$pM4.80323@xxxxxx Quote:
> > My x84 is really Vista Premium x86. Not sure about it being premium.
>
> Then you are not using 8 GB of RAM. Vista 32 is limited to about 3.3 GB of
> RAM. It is physically impossible for 32 bit Vista to use more than this,
> regardless of your MB or BIOS or what you do or what it is reporting.
> Vista 32 with SP1 will report all of your RAM, but it still will not USE it.
> Quote:
> > Not all mapping is BIOS, Vista has a part as does video. UMA Video...can
> > dynamically grab RAM - does that show as usable or get hidden and used?
>
> MB video ram isn't "remapped", it is simply used for video, and will not be
> available to Vista.
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