Vista - Re: Will windows allocate more than 4 gig RAM?

07-04-2008

Windows will happily use 4, 6, 8, 16 Gigs, or whatever else you have in your
system.

With RAM so cheap, it's not uncommon to see people using 8 gigs of RAM now.

Windows *will* use it all. You can load a ton of apps that all run without
slowdown (no need to page!), and Windows will cache a ton of suff. A lot of
file/disk caching, and Superfetch loads a lot of stuff into memory so you
can open it super-quick.

The more memory, the smoother everything goes!

The only way you'd be limited to 4 Gigs is if you are running a 32-bit OS
(Mac included).

"rena03sb" <sk1er18@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> According to an IT guy at work (who happens to love MAC...) anymore than
> 4 gig RAM using a Windows based OS is a waste.
>
> I have a new computer en-route with Vista 64 Home Premium Edition. It
> comes with 4 gig of ram and is upgradable to 8 gig (I assume due to
> limited slots on the mobo).
>
> Is there any truth to what he said? Basically he said that my Vista 64
> will 'see' 8 gigs of RAM but will only allocate up to 4 gigs for use,
> therefore it's a waste of money to add RAM to my system....

>
>
> --
> rena03sb

07-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
Xenomorph n/a posts	Re: Will windows allocate more than 4 gig RAM? Windows will happily use 4, 6, 8, 16 Gigs, or whatever else you have in your system. With RAM so cheap, it's not uncommon to see people using 8 gigs of RAM now. Windows will use it all. You can load a ton of apps that all run without slowdown (no need to page!), and Windows will cache a ton of suff. A lot of file/disk caching, and Superfetch loads a lot of stuff into memory so you can open it super-quick. The more memory, the smoother everything goes! The only way you'd be limited to 4 Gigs is if you are running a 32-bit OS (Mac included). "rena03sb" <sk1er18@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:rena03sb.3bvmdm@xxxxxx-mx.tabletquestions.com... Quote: > > According to an IT guy at work (who happens to love MAC...) anymore than > 4 gig RAM using a Windows based OS is a waste. > > I have a new computer en-route with Vista 64 Home Premium Edition. It > comes with 4 gig of ram and is upgradable to 8 gig (I assume due to > limited slots on the mobo). > > Is there any truth to what he said? Basically he said that my Vista 64 > will 'see' 8 gigs of RAM but will only allocate up to 4 gigs for use, > therefore it's a waste of money to add RAM to my system.... > > > -- > rena03sb
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