The 64bit version of Vista Home Premium can use more the 4GB of RAM the 32
bit version can not.
"David P." <dgprozzoLEAVE@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uwuCUQymIHA.1168@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Maybe you were taken in by poor advice. Vista Home Premium can't use more
> than 4Gb of RAM.
>
> http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/computi...bit-memory.htm
>
> "Bozsvfr" <Bozsvfr@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FB2930D3-2C43-44A0-A732-AAA93B7C3AB5@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi Dwarf
>>
>> I've Vista Home Prem. I had 4Gb ram in, ASUS board, Nvidia 8800GT, and a
>> Quad 2.4Mhz CPU. Score of 5.2
>> However, after reading your post, I purchased a further 4Gb of RAM
>> (Exactley
>> same cas etc & make) and after updating the index, it returned a score
>> of.......5.3!
>> Vista recognises only 4Gb of RAM, (the Board however reports 8.04Gb RAM)
>> I've updated ALL drivers including Vista. Please, if you have any
>> suggestions
>> for me I would be very grateful!
>>
>> Bozsvfr
>>
>> "Dwarf" wrote:
>> Quote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> In addition to Mike Hall's post, you might be better off upgrading to
>>> 8GB
>>> rather than 6GB thereby ensuring that ALL memory modules are identical
>>> in
>>> size as well as speed.
>>> Dwarf
>>>
>>