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Just a quick question. I do believe i recall hearing that PC's or Windows XP has a problem using more than 2GB of Memory. Is this true? And if it is true, why is this the case and are there any workarounds to this problem? Thanks for the Help.
Ryan
Windows XP Can used more than 2GB of ram while however often processors and motherboards don't support that much ram or max out at this point anything over 2Gb is not needed for example it is reserved for small servers 4gb and large servers have 64gb+ however 1GB of ram should be enough to suffice most users 2GB of ram to make out your system if your a hardcore gamer or do a lot of video editing windows xp has no problems using it older operating system will freak like windows 98 and stuff however.
My Systems: iDEQ 200T, P4 3.4Ghz,1GB DDR400 Dual Channel,160GB SATA,19'' W/S LCD Monitor, IBM Thinkpad R52 What a Machine IBM/Lenovo Rule, Acer Travelmate 2305LCI
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Windows XP Can used more than 2GB of ram while however often processors and motherboards don't support that much ram or max out at this point anything over 2Gb is not needed for example it is reserved for small servers 4gb and large servers have 64gb+ however 1GB of ram should be enough to suffice most users 2GB of ram to make out your system if your a hardcore gamer or do a lot of video editing windows xp has no problems using it older operating system will freak like windows 98 and stuff however.
Good Luck whatever you wanted this for!
My Systems: iDEQ 200T, P4 3.4Ghz,1GB DDR400 Dual Channel,160GB SATA,19'' W/S LCD Monitor, IBM Thinkpad R52 What a Machine IBM/Lenovo Rule, Acer Travelmate 2305LCI
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I believe 4GB is the max that's supported by WinXP. You already have 2GB which is more than the average user needs...what do you do with your system that makes you feel it would require 4GB?
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Windows XP Professional x64 Edition supports up to 128 GB of physical RAM and 16 TB of virtual memory
Found from http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...ROCKONDUS TOKANDUS!!!!!!!
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From my Dell manual...take it for what is worth:
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Addressing Memory With 4-GB Configurations
Your computer supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory when you use four 1-GB DIMMs. Current
operating systems, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP, can only use a maximum of 4 GB of address
space; however, the amount of memory available to the operating system is less than 4 GB. Certain components within the computer require address space in the 4-GB range. Any address space reserved for these components cannot be used by computer memory.
End of quoteBryan
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Okay, thanks for the answers. Oh and @ Jam..... I am very happy with my 2GB of memory, i noticed a big difference when upgrading from 1GB to 2GB but i dont plan on upgrading to 4GB. I was just interesting in the subject because i heard that there were some conflicts. I need to work on getting a new computer before i get more memory... lol. Anyway, thanks for the help guys.
Ryan
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"i noticed a big difference when upgrading from 1GB to 2GB"
It depends on what you use your system for...notice I mentioned "the average user".
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Here's some additional info:
http://support.asus.com/faq/faq_rig...
adding to Bryan's post. Also check the intel link at the bottom of the page.
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