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Old 04-03-2008   #7 (permalink)
Tim Slattery


 
 

Re: Why does 4GB RAM only show as 3GB?

"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>The video card has 512MB of memory so perhaps that is a factor then.
It's a BIG factor. See http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html
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> Nice to know though that all 4GB RAM will be accessible under SP1.
No! SP1 will tell you that there's 4GB installed, but it won't use any
more of it than pre-SP1 systems did. The change is cosmetic only.

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