Ram on my Vista pc

Greg Lewis

I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer is
only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing over
1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

Spirit

On some cards you can specify how much RAM to share, reducing this can
dramatically effect video performance. Or get another card that does not
use shared RAM. However its not likely that you really need all the RAM
free because if you did you would already know from past experience that
you needed both Max Ram and Max Video performance.

"Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> is
> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
> over
> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

Paul Smith

"Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> is
> only sensing 2.8 GBs.

How much dedicated video memory do you have? 2.8GB addressable isn't that
far out there for graphics card with a lot of RAM, or multiple graphics
cards.

> Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing over
> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

Upgrade to 64-bit.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
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Colin Barnhorst

My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
concerned about.

"Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> is
> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
> over
> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?

Greg Lewis

Its is 512mb DDR3 dedicated. I have nvidia's new 9600 GT.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
> >I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize all
> > of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> > is
> > only sensing 2.8 GBs.
>
> How much dedicated video memory do you have? 2.8GB addressable isn't that
> far out there for graphics card with a lot of RAM, or multiple graphics
> cards.
>
> > Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing over
> > 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?
>
> Upgrade to 64-bit.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove nospam. to reply by e-mail*
>
>

ajv2003

He could go online and order the $9.95 64 bit OS of his existing system if
he has the Retail Vista OS. If it is OEM, like you say it does no harm.

albert

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:9D937AD6-1DD7-4996-9DE6-5348C881AF6F@microsoft.com...
> My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
> concerned about.
>
> "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
>>all
>> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
>> is
>> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
>> over
>> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?
>

Greg Lewis

what is the website?

"ajv2003" wrote:

> He could go online and order the $9.95 64 bit OS of his existing system if
> he has the Retail Vista OS. If it is OEM, like you say it does no harm.
>
> albert
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:9D937AD6-1DD7-4996-9DE6-5348C881AF6F@microsoft.com...
> > My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
> > concerned about.
> >
> > "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
> >>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
> >>all
> >> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my computer
> >> is
> >> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is sharing
> >> over
> >> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?
> >
>

Colin Barnhorst

If Vista came preinstalled on the computer then the Alternate Media website
is of no help. If you purchased Vista from a store then the instructions
for obtaining a 64bit dvd are in the box. The website is:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...a/default.mspx

"Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C9FDB2DD-AB9E-404A-9DA3-B4BE7D59070A@microsoft.com...
> what is the website?
>
> "ajv2003" wrote:
>
>> He could go online and order the $9.95 64 bit OS of his existing system
>> if
>> he has the Retail Vista OS. If it is OEM, like you say it does no harm.
>>
>> albert
>>
>> "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:9D937AD6-1DD7-4996-9DE6-5348C881AF6F@microsoft.com...
>> > My computers vary from 2.5 to 3.5GB. 2.8GB is common. Nothing to be
>> > concerned about.
>> >
>> > "Greg Lewis" <GregLewis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:EFD4CFA7-D0D3-4ED0-888C-4D9124B30F36@microsoft.com...
>> >>I have installed 4gb of RAM into my computer and vista doesnt recognize
>> >>all
>> >> of it. I know 32-bit vista only senses about 3.3 Gbs max. But my
>> >> computer
>> >> is
>> >> only sensing 2.8 GBs. Then i checked my viedo card and Vista is
>> >> sharing
>> >> over
>> >> 1Gb with my video card. Is there any way to fix this problem?
>> >
>>