32 bit XP with over 4 gig ram?
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The system will work, but 32bit OS'es can only utilize 4GB of RAM, and this also includes vRAM on the graphics card, so you're probably only going to see about 3.25GB out of that 6GB at the most, depends on how much vRAM your graphics card has.
Im sorry to but in here but what game do you have that wont work in 64bit?
The only game that I have found that wont run in 64Bit is FireWarrior. ( Few DOS based games as well of course but thats obvious )
I only want to know.
The only game that I have found that wont run in 64Bit is FireWarrior. ( Few DOS based games as well of course but thats obvious )
I only want to know.
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Isnt it 3.75Gb or 3.25Gb it recongizes?
DL Xp 64-bit
DL Xp 64-bit
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The game I play runs in Windows 7 however in Windows XP it runs a lot faster.
Thanks all.
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3.25Gb but that's with a 512mb graphics card. If they are 1Gb cards then it will be even less.
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I have a 1gb card along with 4gb ram and in a 32bit OS, It still sees and uses 3.25gb of ram.
Its not only the GFX card. There is a lot more that comes into play.
For example, I have a Foxconn Mobo here that stole RAM as soon as you turned it on so a 4GB setup would in fact only give me 3.1GB
I upped the BIOS and I then got 3.6GB
Once Windows was loaded up I was left with 2.5GB
I took out the Audio card and used onboard Audio and I gained 250MB
I disabled everything on board including the SATA and the Serial / Parallel and I gained a whole 400MB
So, it seems that maybe any device might affect it.
I never got this on my ASUS however.
Dotn know any other setup because I never use 32Bit O/S ... I only know of these 2 when I saw the Foxconn and how it was doing all that to the RAM and I also tried out the ASUS because they are both SLI Socket 939 Boards you see...
For example, I have a Foxconn Mobo here that stole RAM as soon as you turned it on so a 4GB setup would in fact only give me 3.1GB
I upped the BIOS and I then got 3.6GB
Once Windows was loaded up I was left with 2.5GB
I took out the Audio card and used onboard Audio and I gained 250MB
I disabled everything on board including the SATA and the Serial / Parallel and I gained a whole 400MB
So, it seems that maybe any device might affect it.
I never got this on my ASUS however.
Dotn know any other setup because I never use 32Bit O/S ... I only know of these 2 when I saw the Foxconn and how it was doing all that to the RAM and I also tried out the ASUS because they are both SLI Socket 939 Boards you see...
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The game I play runs in Windows 7 however in Windows XP it runs a lot faster.
Thanks all.
I take it that you've tried playing the game in compatabilty mode under Win7?
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Yes mate, makes no difference
Worth asking before you went to all the trouble of setting up a dual boot system
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EXAXCTLY what game is it your having problems with you keep shying away from the question
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Stab in the dark.... could it be the one in his sig?
Spotted. I was thinking of Doom the other day
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He said it runs faster in xp becuase its lighter than windows 7, not that it doesn't work. I had the same problem with my old pc when I had vista, went back to xp in less than a week because I could turn the graphics up higher. Also my pc showed 4GB of ram in 32bit so it depends on the motherboard I guess.