Max memory for XP 32 bit

millwright

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Thanks, that's what I thought. I'm a member of another tech sight and the fools there just don't get this, even when I post a half dozen links. I needed to find some that knows what they are talking about.
 

pkemata

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Stupid question here - I'm only showing 2.99 gb on My Computer Properties. So that's the amount after the machine takes away what it wants for video memory on a laptop, and any other things? I have a Toshiba Satellite A05-S4284 running XP Media Center edition.
 

mrclark1975

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OK if that's the max it will see and you have 4 GB of ram installed... are you getting the benefits of the 4 GB and only seeing the 3.25? In other words, if I have 4 GB ram and a 1GB video card with XP32 what am I getting out of it?
 

millwright

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All you get use of is 3.25 in that case the other .75 is just sitting there doing nothing.

If you have 1 gig of video ram, you should only get use of less than 3 gigs, because video RAM is not the only other memory.


You have BIOS, video BIOS, and a little more, that I can't think of at the moment.