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Like I said, RAM is dirt cheap. Either suck up for the extra $30 for 2GB, turn off all the pretty shit on Vista, switch to a different OS or shut the hell up. Granted an OS that needs 2GB is bullshit, deal with it.
Vista only recognizes two gigs of ram. So even if you put four gigs in it isn't going to do any thing for you.
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Vista only recognizes two gigs of ram. So even if you put four gigs in it isn't going to do any thing for you.
Thats true to a certain degree. It depends a lot on your hardware and which version of Vista. 64-bit has no problem addressing 4GB or more, but 32-bit, you have to jump through holes to get it. Even then some boards take 512mb of the 4GB and give it to the video card although you may have dedicated one. Thus, you will only see 3.5GB.
I'm not sure what you mean by "Having a video card with dedicated memory on it does not mean that you get more system memory to use- it is exactly the opposite." because it just frees up system memory.
I think what mike (calesta) meant was that if you go pass or near the 4GB limit, the more memory you stick in the more RAM it'll direct towards the card, even if its not used. For example, there have been cases where you have 4GB install on Vista with a 1GB video card. However, since 32-bit doesnt work well with that much RAM, itll think the video will need another 1GB, thus you end up with 3GB system memory and 2GB video ram, in which, only 1GB is actually being used, which is the 1GB on the card. In the end, if you near 4GB, switch to 64-bit and pray to your gods more support like drivers and such will be geared towards it.
Sort of. Freeing up memory isn't the issue.
Not this either.
The 32 bit OS can only address 4 GB of memory. That's it. If you have 4 GB of system RAM and nothing else, you can hit all of it. If you have 1 GB of memory on your video card, then that's included in the addressable 4 GB of memory. Now you have 3 GB of system memory available to you plus the 1 GB on the video card. See how that works?
vista is great.
tell me why mac is so much better.
one button on the mouse is really stupid.