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to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:26 am
by XstollieX
Quick question. I built my system with 4 gb of ram to run vista. I'm REALLY REALLY not impressed with vista so i switched back to xp pro (much happier now). Will the 2x2gb of ram affect (in a negative way) the performance since only 3 gb is recognized?
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:46 am
by vicaphit
I believe you will only be able to use the visible 3 gigs. Windows 32bit cannot utilize more than 3.2 (or however much) ram.
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:35 am
by smack323
I dont see any problems in that.
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:39 am
by ibleet
I have the same memory configuration and my computer sees 3.5Gb. You should not have any problems or issues. In fact, for those who insist on 4Gb ram, I recommend 2gx2 over 1gx4 any day.
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:27 pm
by Apoptosis
The extra memory just wont be used... It will not impact performance or stability at all. The only negative to it is the fact you are giving it power (volts) and it's not being used. That's it to be honest.
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:12 pm
by w00fd06
Apoptosis wrote:The extra memory just wont be used...
isn't the unused memory used for
graphics texture memory or "shared system memory"?
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:12 pm
by martini161
not unless you have integrated graphics. and even then only so much is used
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:32 pm
by w00fd06
martini161 wrote:not unless you have integrated graphics. and even then only so much is used
well the reason why i ask is because i have a 256MB (dedicated) 2600XT, and i used to have 2GBs-o-RAM and ~700MBs-o-texture memory... after adding another 2(2x1GB)GBs of RAM, the texture memory went up to 1,523MBs of texture memory.
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:25 pm
by XstollieX
Apoptosis wrote:The extra memory just wont be used... It will not impact performance or stability at all. The only negative to it is the fact you are giving it power (volts) and it's not being used. That's it to be honest.
Thats what i have heard. Though i wanted to check with all you profesionals
Re: to much memory?
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:15 pm
by Phoenix
For Windows Vista to use 4 GB of memory on a computer that has 4 GB of memory installed, the computer must meet the following requirements
1st The chipset must support at least 8 GB of address space.
2nd The CPU must support the x64 instruction set.
3rd The BIOS must support the memory remapping feature. The memory remapping feature allows for the segment of system memory that was previously overwritten by the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) configuration space to be remapped above the 4 GB address line. This feature must be enabled in the BIOS configuration utility on the computer.
4th An x64 (64-bit) version of Windows Vista must be used.