windows xp 32bit and 4 gigs of ram

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  1. gorrik

    gorrik Member

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    Hello, i know the 32bit xp only supports 3.25 gigs of so of ram, but my system only shows 2.7 gigs of my 4 gigs of ram. i have all my service packs installed and everything is up-to-date. does any know if there is a fix for this even if its only up to 3.25 gigs?
     
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    Do you have an integrated video adapter?

    My first guess is that the video adapter is using system memory, depleting total available memory.
     
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    Honestly what is the point? .. when you look at the threading in xp 40% of the os time is wait cycles.. it's an obsolete single tasking OS built for the pentium3 .. modern hardware sits there waiting and waiting for it to catch up..

    I see no difference in performance between 1 and 2 gigs of ram.. none.
     
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    or are you using a 512meg videocard?
     
  5. gorrik

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    i have a 512 mb video card, but i dont understand how that would make a difference. i have a friend that has xp 32 bit and has 4 gigs of ram, and his pc shows about 3.25 gigs of ram. mine only shows 2.7 gigs. is there that i can do to get mine up to his?
     
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    512meg + 2.7gig =3.212gig. what meg videocard does your friend has if not onboard?
     
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    he has a 512 mb video card too
     
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    me either.
     

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