Vista 32bit - RAM question

jp_bl_68 · 28 Jul 2009 at 14:02

I read somewhere that there was a Vista update that made it better at accessing larger quantities of RAM, is this true? Or will Vista 32bit still only be able to access 3(.25)GB RAM?

mrk · 28 Jul 2009 at 14:04

There is no such update that does such a thing!

All SP2 does is enables Vista32 to report 4GB ram but of course it will only use 3-3.5 depending on your gfx card.

Windows 7 32bit tells you you have 4GB and also says how much can be used.

Previous versions of windows will just show 3.25GB installed etc.

jp_bl_68 · 28 Jul 2009 at 14:06

Thanks

mrk · 28 Jul 2009 at 15:07

stoofa · 28 Jul 2009 at 15:46

Pre SP1 under Vista - if you had 4GB of RAM installed it would actually tell you that you'd got 3.25GB of similar.
SP2 made it so that it said "4GB" - but it was purely a cosmetic thing.

Fire Wizard · 28 Jul 2009 at 15:51

If you have 4GB of RAM in your system, the only way the system will be able to address all off it is if you're using a fully functional 64-bit system which obviously in tails having a 64-bit operating system installed on the machine.

Mattus · 28 Jul 2009 at 19:16

Yep... there's absolutely nothing that can be done in software. It's a hard limitation of a 32-bit system.