Vista - Finding Used Memory Address Space; Maximum amount of RAM

[Win Vista Ultimate 32-bit]

Is there any way to find out what portion of my memory address space
is free, or how much has been used up?

Essentially I want to find my system's maximum amount of addressable
physical RAM, before I buy more.

If it makes a difference, Memtest 86+ reports my 2x1GB sticks as
2048MB. However, task manager says 2045MB and Control Panel>System
says 2046MB. Computer reckons I have 2.00GB. Does this mean that I
have in fact already surpassed my maximum by 2-3MB or it's just a
glitch? (I wondered if it was subtracting 1MB from each stick due to
the SPD or something.) I know for sure that 768MB will be dedicated to
my graphics card but I assumed that the rest of my PCI/Onboard devices
(WiFI card, sound card, NICs) wouldn't need 200MB, leaving me with 3Gb
of address space for RAM. I would be happy with that.

So if anyone can confirm a way to find out the amount of address space
used/remaining I would be much indebted to them.

Thanks and regards,
Jonathan

Maybe ths KB article will help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us


<legendof.jonnie@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176569454.441443.171880@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> [Win Vista Ultimate 32-bit]
>
> Is there any way to find out what portion of my memory address space
> is free, or how much has been used up?
>
> Essentially I want to find my system's maximum amount of addressable
> physical RAM, before I buy more.
>
> If it makes a difference, Memtest 86+ reports my 2x1GB sticks as
> 2048MB. However, task manager says 2045MB and Control Panel>System
> says 2046MB. Computer reckons I have 2.00GB. Does this mean that I
> have in fact already surpassed my maximum by 2-3MB or it's just a
> glitch? (I wondered if it was subtracting 1MB from each stick due to
> the SPD or something.) I know for sure that 768MB will be dedicated to
> my graphics card but I assumed that the rest of my PCI/Onboard devices
> (WiFI card, sound card, NICs) wouldn't need 200MB, leaving me with 3Gb
> of address space for RAM. I would be happy with that.
>
> So if anyone can confirm a way to find out the amount of address space
> used/remaining I would be much indebted to them.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Jonathan
>

You checked memory via the Performance Monitor?

<legendof.jonnie@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176569454.441443.171880@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> [Win Vista Ultimate 32-bit]
>
> Is there any way to find out what portion of my memory address space
> is free, or how much has been used up?
>
> Essentially I want to find my system's maximum amount of addressable
> physical RAM, before I buy more.
>
> If it makes a difference, Memtest 86+ reports my 2x1GB sticks as
> 2048MB. However, task manager says 2045MB and Control Panel>System
> says 2046MB. Computer reckons I have 2.00GB. Does this mean that I
> have in fact already surpassed my maximum by 2-3MB or it's just a
> glitch? (I wondered if it was subtracting 1MB from each stick due to
> the SPD or something.) I know for sure that 768MB will be dedicated to
> my graphics card but I assumed that the rest of my PCI/Onboard devices
> (WiFI card, sound card, NICs) wouldn't need 200MB, leaving me with 3Gb
> of address space for RAM. I would be happy with that.
>
> So if anyone can confirm a way to find out the amount of address space
> used/remaining I would be much indebted to them.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Jonathan
>

On 15 Apr, 03:51, "AJR" <ajr...@comcast.net> wrote:
> You checked memory via the Performance Monitor?
>
> <legendof.jon...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1176569454.441443.171880@w1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
> > [Win Vista Ultimate 32-bit]
>
> > Is there any way to find out what portion of my memory address space
> > is free, or how much has been used up?
>
> > Essentially I want to find my system's maximum amount of addressable
> > physical RAM, before I buy more.
>
> > If it makes a difference, Memtest 86+ reports my 2x1GB sticks as
> > 2048MB. However, task manager says 2045MB and Control Panel>System
> > says 2046MB. Computer reckons I have 2.00GB. Does this mean that I
> > have in fact already surpassed my maximum by 2-3MB or it's just a
> > glitch? (I wondered if it was subtracting 1MB from each stick due to
> > the SPD or something.) I know for sure that 768MB will be dedicated to
> > my graphics card but I assumed that the rest of my PCI/Onboard devices
> > (WiFI card, sound card, NICs) wouldn't need 200MB, leaving me with 3Gb
> > of address space for RAM. I would be happy with that.
>
> > So if anyone can confirm a way to find out the amount of address space
> > used/remaining I would be much indebted to them.
>
> > Thanks and regards,
> > Jonathan

Unless there's a way of using it that I'm unaware of, it only tells me
how many hard faults I'm getting and the amount of physical memory
used. I know how much physical memory is getting used up already, it's
the amount of adress space that's being used that I need to find.