quick Question regarding Vista 32X and 4 gigs of Ram

Israfel

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So, just wondering. I have 4 gigs of Ram (1 x 2 Gig stick and 2 X 1 gig Sticks) My Board is listed in my Specs (And yes i grouped the two single gig sticks together on the same channel thing.) So i was wondering why it shows up as 3326 MB Instead of just 4 Gigs. My Buddy says its a Binary thing and the way that the computer reads the Ram, but my Task Manager says the same thing too, and i just want to make sure that this really is just a cosmetic thing. Here is a screenshot of some stuff.

Ram.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 2X Duel Core 5200+
    Motherboard
    Biostar TA770 A2+ SE
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 9400GT
    Sound Card
    Stock High Def. Audio controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer HDMI 27' Computer monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    160 GB IDE HDD
    320 GB SATA HDD
    500 GB SATA HDD
    PSU
    LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply
    Case
    Antec 300 Illusion Black Steel tower
    Cooling
    140mm fan,2 x 120mm front fans, 1 x 120mm rear fan
    Keyboard
    Standard PS2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Standard PS2 Mouse
    Internet Speed
    54MBPS
    Other Info
    DVDRW
Don't worry about it. That's normal . 32 bit windows can only "see" 4gb addressable space - some of that is rerved for hardware.

You will be fine with around 3.4 gb ram showing.

It's unlikely you need more than 2gb anyhow.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
SIW2 is right. If you look in Device Manger and go into the driver details and resources it will show you the memory range used. Video takes the biggest chunk of that address space.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
So even though i have a 1 Gig Graphics Card my system will STILL take from my general memory cache?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 2X Duel Core 5200+
    Motherboard
    Biostar TA770 A2+ SE
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 9400GT
    Sound Card
    Stock High Def. Audio controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer HDMI 27' Computer monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1280X1024
    Hard Drives
    160 GB IDE HDD
    320 GB SATA HDD
    500 GB SATA HDD
    PSU
    LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply
    Case
    Antec 300 Illusion Black Steel tower
    Cooling
    140mm fan,2 x 120mm front fans, 1 x 120mm rear fan
    Keyboard
    Standard PS2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Standard PS2 Mouse
    Internet Speed
    54MBPS
    Other Info
    DVDRW
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