SLI Setup

[Franco_cov]

Guys, can someone help me here

I have the new asus striker II Extreme and i have 4 gb of memory which i only see 3 of because of win xp 32 limitations etc etc... but when i add my second 8800 ultra card for sli it goes down to 2.5gb of ram?

And if i take 2gb out of the machine i still see 2gb with my sli ??

Is this correct ?? or is something wrong ? I have installed the latest nvidia driver etc and on boot up it detects the 4gb. I have loaded up 3dmark06 and it says 2.5gb in there and in bios it says 4gb?

Help anyone please...... my pc in bits and would like to know what to do next

 

[Franco_cov]

so is it worth having 4 gb of memory ?

 

[Franco_cov]

they is lol I have installed DDR3 memory thats why i was concerned about not having 4gb it aint cheap. As for 64bit OS being xp or vista are they supported as in it will run all applications and games that 32 bit run ?


and do they run as good as or even better than the 32bit versions

 

[Franco_cov]

thing is also i have just noticed no 64 bit drivers for my d-link usb wireless adapter DWA-142 and I bought this becasue my old one never supported vista.... I aint buying another one to support 64 bit surely ?

 

[Franco_cov]

just trying to install vista and keep getting BSOD but xp was ok and my disks are all ok ?

 

[Franco_cov]

i think i am going to install both 32 and 64 versions of xp and vista and have a play

I play a lot of online games so until 64 bit drivers are available its a no no for me but will have a look at them