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should i upgrade to x64
« on: December 15, 2007, 02:35:06 PM »
i just added another 2gb of ram to my pc totaling 4gbs and its only registering as 2.7gb in os how to fix that or what should i do

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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2007, 02:42:56 PM »
if your losing that much ram, upgrade, but beware of compatiblity issues.
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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2007, 12:17:26 PM »
xp only can see 3gb so your only loosing .3 and Are you talking about 64 but processor or 64 but OS

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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2007, 03:22:34 PM »
I say stay with 32 bit and upgrade to vista then, vista recognizes up to 4GB i believe.

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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2007, 08:05:49 AM »
Xp Recognizes upto 4gb too.

All 32 Bit OS's can see upto 4gb of Ram (GPU counts aswell)
Upto Vista Home Pro 64 bit see's 16Gb
Vista Ultimate 64 Bit see's 136Gb
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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2007, 11:53:34 AM »
why would you count the Vram? no one need to know that.  it's total of 3GB of real ram. 

and I would stay with a 32 bit system.

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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2007, 01:27:26 PM »
Because when you get that high, you turn off V.Ram, as its wasting good ram.
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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2007, 01:30:26 PM »
didn't know you could turn Vram off.   does that take away Vram or does it allow you to have more but still allows you to utilize Vram?

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Re: should i upgrade to x64
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2007, 02:25:02 PM »
Well, when i say turn off, i mean set to 0mb
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