Actually, 32bit os' support 2.7gb of ram, so more than 1gb per dimm would be used, and the rest would be ignored. What I want to know is first, when will they make it viable that larger dimms can be CHEAPER, as you increase capacity, rather than more expensive. That would be nice anyway. Microsoft should try to make 64bit vista the standard that everyone upgrades to when they upgrade to vista, so that we will get the drivers and applications, and ultimately the speed and memory support which it offers.
A 32 bit OS can theoretically use upto 4 gigs of RAM, but Windows XP will only see around 3.2 gigs of it. If you make some fancy changes to the registry and a few other things, then you can see upto around 3.5 to 3.7 gigs. This 4 gig stick is most likely meant for work station and server applications.
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S @ Apr 23rd 2007 8:11PM
Actually, 32bit os' support 2.7gb of ram, so more than 1gb per dimm would be used, and the rest would be ignored. What I want to know is first, when will they make it viable that larger dimms can be CHEAPER, as you increase capacity, rather than more expensive. That would be nice anyway. Microsoft should try to make 64bit vista the standard that everyone upgrades to when they upgrade to vista, so that we will get the drivers and applications, and ultimately the speed and memory support which it offers.
Brennan @ Apr 23rd 2007 8:26PM
actually, i meant that 32-bit OS supports up to 4GB, if ur over, then the OS ignores it, while 64-bit doesnt n can read unlimited amount of RAM.
Bigsby @ Apr 23rd 2007 8:33PM
A 32 bit OS can theoretically use upto 4 gigs of RAM, but Windows XP will only see around 3.2 gigs of it. If you make some fancy changes to the registry and a few other things, then you can see upto around 3.5 to 3.7 gigs. This 4 gig stick is most likely meant for work station and server applications.