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I recently did a clean install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit onto a spare HDD I had lying around. In task manager it shows 2.4MB of Hardware Reserved. That seems to good to be true!
My previous OS was Windows 8 Pro 32 bit. I still have it on a separate HDD in my system (Dual-Boot until I can get all of my programs up and running in the 64 bit OS). In the old OS' Task Manager it shows 770MB Hardware Reserved. Initially I was using integrated graphics in this computer, but since have installed a GPU, and have recently upgraded the GPU. Could it be that the old 32 bit OS is "remembering" the setup without a GPU, while the new 64 bit install already had the GPU and allocated less RAM for hardware because of this?
Is only 2.4MB hardware reserved realistic?
My previous OS was Windows 8 Pro 32 bit. I still have it on a separate HDD in my system (Dual-Boot until I can get all of my programs up and running in the 64 bit OS). In the old OS' Task Manager it shows 770MB Hardware Reserved. Initially I was using integrated graphics in this computer, but since have installed a GPU, and have recently upgraded the GPU. Could it be that the old 32 bit OS is "remembering" the setup without a GPU, while the new 64 bit install already had the GPU and allocated less RAM for hardware because of this?
Is only 2.4MB hardware reserved realistic?
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