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Hi
Just need something clearing up if some one knows.
Laptop; HP 6735s; 64 bit dual core ATI processor & HD3200 video chip with 4 gb system memory aswell.
Its fine but I suddenly noticed that in task manager, only 2800 gb available
for the total physical memory. I have 64 bit Vista btw.
Checked it all out and nothing wrong, no missed settings in latest bios etc
so decided to ring HP to find out what the deal was.
Turns out the system is a shared architecture and 1408 mb is reserved for the video card. If the system bottlenecked the system can re allocate accordingly. Kind of accounts for missing memory.
Thats as far as I've got and I dont really know if I have been fobbed off or what.
I thought 64bit allowed the 4gb ram to be addressed in its entirity by the OS.
I was under the impression 32bit systems had all that going on with the video memory allocation when using 4gb. I have a XP 32bit system at work with 4gb ram and that reports 3.5gb physical memory available, beating my 64bit, eh?!!!
So my question is, is this possible, or have I been fobbed off?
Is there someway to force the 4gb to the OS as I want it?
If I upgraded would the system memory go up? ( spec says 8gb possible) overkill but use virtual machines a lot so kind of the more the better for me.
Any way thanks for any info you can provide even if i just have to get used to the idea of this shared architecture thing?
Just need something clearing up if some one knows.
Laptop; HP 6735s; 64 bit dual core ATI processor & HD3200 video chip with 4 gb system memory aswell.
Its fine but I suddenly noticed that in task manager, only 2800 gb available
for the total physical memory. I have 64 bit Vista btw.
Checked it all out and nothing wrong, no missed settings in latest bios etc
so decided to ring HP to find out what the deal was.
Turns out the system is a shared architecture and 1408 mb is reserved for the video card. If the system bottlenecked the system can re allocate accordingly. Kind of accounts for missing memory.
Thats as far as I've got and I dont really know if I have been fobbed off or what.
I thought 64bit allowed the 4gb ram to be addressed in its entirity by the OS.
I was under the impression 32bit systems had all that going on with the video memory allocation when using 4gb. I have a XP 32bit system at work with 4gb ram and that reports 3.5gb physical memory available, beating my 64bit, eh?!!!
So my question is, is this possible, or have I been fobbed off?
Is there someway to force the 4gb to the OS as I want it?
If I upgraded would the system memory go up? ( spec says 8gb possible) overkill but use virtual machines a lot so kind of the more the better for me.
Any way thanks for any info you can provide even if i just have to get used to the idea of this shared architecture thing?
