metal_scum Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 4x1GB Ram but pc shows i have 3GB. By opening cpu-z it recognises all of my 4 dimms but still shows i have 3gb ram. Is it a bug? Or am I Doing something wrong? Quote
Dixus Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 you are using a 32 bit windows. it only can manage that less. I used Vista 64 Bit so i have the full 4 GByte. But i swtiched to 32bit now. 3.2 GB are fine too. Quote
THUNDER Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 switch to 64 bit windows system or linuy and you have your 4 Gb Quote
metal_scum Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 I'll get my 6GB ram kit and switch. Thanks For Inf0 Quote
Administrators JoeDirt Posted May 30, 2009 Administrators Posted May 30, 2009 i @ this thread , i only use x64 Quote
metal_scum Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 you knew too much when you were 15 didnt ya? Quote
Administrators JoeDirt Posted May 30, 2009 Administrators Posted May 30, 2009 you knew too much when you were 15 didnt ya? thats my curse. Quote
Dixus Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 what most people dont know. a process can only adress 4GB on x64 as well. More than 4 GBytes doesnt make really sense if you dont work in movie business. You ll need a super raid array with ultra fast hard drives to work fast. Also another negative effect... hybernate mode is getting damn slow. Its fast with 1, 2 slower with 4 and must be ulra slow with 8. Also.. the most software available runs in x32 mode. this is also slower because more data needs to be transfered on a x64 machine. I havent benchmark yet.. but after a switched from x64 to x32 i THINK ( i dont really know it) that my computer runs smoother. Including startup, cod4, standby stuff and the core system (explorer and such things)... And the system doesnt need that much hdd space ( i run 2 10.000 rpm raptors in Raid 0) so i havent that much space. Vista64 winsxs folder was 18GByte!!!! large! The whole vista folder 35 GByte. So the question is... why do u need more than 3GByte of Memory? I tried windows 7 and i hope it runs a bit better at all. I ll switch to x64 back after it has been released. Quote
metal_scum Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 too bad that I am was using my pc for a purpose tother than games only fo 1.5 years. Couldnt learn much within this interval. Dont know if it is my fault that i am still a noob... oh and that upgrade for the 6GB isnt going to happen soon... Thats what i forgot to mention (dont shoot at me) Quote
ModelRocket555 Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 dual-booting 32-bit xp and 64-bit linux is the way to go Quote
TulsaGeoff Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Vista is consuming 1.5gb of memory the way I have it setup which I like. 6gb gives me the freedom to do whatever I want. Quote
Dixus Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 vista consumes 800 mb on my system with 4gb on 32bit. on 64 it took like 1.4... vista takes that much RAM depending on how much RAM you got... also the 64 bit drivers / procs need more space in memory.. Quote
TulsaGeoff Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 2gb was a good amount for windows xp. Running Vista and new games that game out in Vista's time DX10 and later dx9 games like cod4&5, 4gb should be the golden amount. 6gb like the kits that come in triple channel memory for the i7 processors allow you to not ever have to worry about memory. Quote
Number1Dad Posted June 1, 2009 Posted June 1, 2009 I need as much RAM as I can get so I can watch HDTV on my other monitor while I game. No joke. Quote
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