4GB memory

JBrown

Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?

Thank you,.com

Rick Rogers

Hi,

Essentially, yes. The 32-bit version has 4GB of address space, but a portion
of that will be used for the hardware. Typically, this is about .7-1.2GB,
leaving 2.8-3.3GB of address space for the installed physical memory.

With SP1 installed, the system will report the correct amount of installed
memory, but this does not change the limitations imposed by the available
address space.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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"JBrown" <.com> wrote in message
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> Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?
>
> Thank you,.com

Claude Hopper

JatCar wrote:
> if you want windows to USE more than 3.3-3.5 gigs or ram, yes you need
> to switch to 64 bit
>
> however if you have installed 4 gb on vista sp1 it will work but it will
> use about 3.3 of those
>
> "JBrown" <.com> wrote in message
> news:.gbl...
>> Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?
>>
>> Thank you,.com
>

That's retarded in this day and age. There should be no RAM limits.

B. Smith

"Claude Hopper" <> wrote in message
news: ...
> JatCar wrote:
>> if you want windows to USE more than 3.3-3.5 gigs or ram, yes you need to
>> switch to 64 bit
>>
>> however if you have installed 4 gb on vista sp1 it will work but it will
>> use about 3.3 of those
>>
>> "JBrown" <.com> wrote in message
>> news:.gbl...
>>> Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?
>>>
>>> Thank you,.com
>>
>
> That's retarded in this day and age. There should be no RAM limits.


My PC has 6000 GB of RAM.
Yet I can only address 3 of 'em.
Get a book.
You can read, yes ?
try calculating what 8-bit, 16-bit ,32-bit, 64-bit means.
Then learn decimal, binary, and hexadecimal number systems.

Then relax.

Synapse Syndrome

Claude Hopper <> wrote:
>
>>> Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?
>>
>> if you want windows to USE more than 3.3-3.5 gigs or ram, yes you need to
>> switch to 64 bit
>>
>> however if you have installed 4 gb on vista sp1 it will work but it will
>> use about 3.3 of those
>>
>
> That's retarded in this day and age. There should be no RAM limits.


Yeah! And why don't they print more money? Then we all can be rich!

ss.

John Barnett MVP

The 32 bit edition of Windows Vista will only utilise around 3.3 to 3.5GB of
memory therefore to use more than 3.3/3.5GB you will need the 64 bit
edition.

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"JBrown" <.com> wrote in message
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> Is it true that to use 4GB memory you need 64 bit Vista?
>
> Thank you,.com

B. Smith

"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> The 32 bit edition of Windows Vista will only utilise around 3.3 to 3.5GB
> of memory therefore to use more than 3.3/3.5GB you will need the 64 bit
> edition.
>

And yet ... 64 bit Windows can't possible hand off 4 GB of RAM to 32 bit
applications.

Untill applications catch up ...64 bit Windows is a lone dog with too many
fleas.

So the stupid PC's sold with 8 GB RAM are a cheap scam.

vistaHater9000

I know this is a little off subject... but I see now that a lot of PC's
are coming coupled with 7GB of ram or more with Vista 64-Bit. I would
think that would cripple the system with so much ram. So are the days of
having 'too much' RAM over?

Disregard this post. I think someone already answered this. If not
please explain.


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Brontosaurus Burger AKA Vista!

"[signious] ^ 2" <> wrote in message
news:4945845b$...
> PCs with 8 gb of ram are ok, as long as you run a solid full 64 bit os
> that all its programs are true 64 bit....
>
> I wonder what os is like that...?
>
> wait.. I know... its linux! lol
>
>

Oh yes, Linux the free os that still commands less than one percent of the
desktop. And that is after 10+ years. People look at Linux/Ubuntu and
within an hour figure out how crippled it is. They would rather pay for MS
applications than to use free Open Sores software.


That is a fact.

B. Smith

"[signious] ^ 2" <> wrote in message
news:4945a06c$...
> the number of users has nothing to do with the value and quality of a
> product, nor can it reveal its future.
>
>
> But I will tell you what the future is. Everything will be based on linux,
> windows will be only a distant memory. Vista will be like a long forgotten
> nightmare.
>
>

Good old linux..
The statistical anomaly.
Its free, yet no one wants it!

LOL.

It has even defeated the uncertainty principle....as it would show up more
often than it does by pure chance.
The probability of finding linux on a PC is less than the probability of
finding an old sneaker being used as a CPU.

Its so good...no one wants it.