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quick Question regarding Vista 32X and 4 gigs of Ram
So, just wondering. I have 4 gigs of Ram (1 x 2 Gig stick and 2 X 1 gig Sticks) My Board is listed in my Specs (And yes i grouped the two single gig sticks together on the same channel thing.) So i was wondering why it shows up as 3326 MB Instead of just 4 Gigs. My Buddy says its a Binary thing and the way that the computer reads the Ram, but my Task Manager says the same thing too, and i just want to make sure that this really is just a cosmetic thing. Here is a screenshot of some stuff.
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Built
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 2X Duel Core 5200+
Motherboard
Biostar TA770 A2+ SE
Memory
4GB DDR2
Graphics card(s)
GeForce 9400GT
Sound Card
Stock High Def. Audio controller
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer HDMI 27' Computer monitor
Screen Resolution
1280X1024
Hard Drives
160 GB IDE HDD
320 GB SATA HDD
500 GB SATA HDD
PSU
LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply
Case
Antec 300 Illusion Black Steel tower
Cooling
140mm fan,2 x 120mm front fans, 1 x 120mm rear fan
Mouse
Standard PS2 Mouse
Keyboard
Standard PS2 Keyboard
Internet Speed
54MBPS
Other Info
DVDRW
Don't worry about it. That's normal . 32 bit windows can only "see" 4gb addressable space - some of that is rerved for hardware.
You will be fine with around 3.4 gb ram showing.
It's unlikely you need more than 2gb anyhow.
Operating System
Vista
CPU
Intel E8400
Motherboard
ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
Memory
4gb DDR2 800
Graphics card(s)
nvidia 9500GT 1gb
Operating System
win7/vista
CPU
intel i5-8400
Motherboard
gigabyte b365m ds3h
Memory
ballistix 2x8gb 3200
Eclectician
Vista Guru
Gold Member
SIW2 is right. If you look in Device Manger and go into the driver details and resources it will show you the memory range used. Video takes the biggest chunk of that address space.
Manufacturer/Model
HP Pavilion m9515y
CPU
Phenom X4 9850
Memory
8 GB
Graphics card(s)
Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
Monitor(s) Displays
CRT
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
750 GB SATA 3G
2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
So even though i have a 1 Gig Graphics Card my system will STILL take from my general memory cache?
Manufacturer/Model
Custom Built
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 2X Duel Core 5200+
Motherboard
Biostar TA770 A2+ SE
Memory
4GB DDR2
Graphics card(s)
GeForce 9400GT
Sound Card
Stock High Def. Audio controller
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer HDMI 27' Computer monitor
Screen Resolution
1280X1024
Hard Drives
160 GB IDE HDD
320 GB SATA HDD
500 GB SATA HDD
PSU
LOGISYS Computer PS550ABK 550Watts ATX12V Power Supply
Case
Antec 300 Illusion Black Steel tower
Cooling
140mm fan,2 x 120mm front fans, 1 x 120mm rear fan
Mouse
Standard PS2 Mouse
Keyboard
Standard PS2 Keyboard
Internet Speed
54MBPS
Other Info
DVDRW
Manufacturer/Model
Dell
CPU
Q6600
Memory
4GB
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207h
Hard Drives
2x250GB HDDs
1x60GB OCZ SSD
6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
Other Info
Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop