Windows only seeing 3.5gb memory? :confused:

[ellhans]

Ok, I've just upped my PC to 4gb 8500 ballistix ram and windows for some reason is only seeing 3.5gb of this, does anyone have any idea why this may be happening?

I'm running windows xp 32bit, I heard somewhere that this may be a limitation with windows, but I'd like for someone to confirm.

And is there anyway around this at all? I'd really like to get my money's worth out of the RAM

 

[ellhans]

Ah ok, I thought so. How much are 64bit versions of xp going for now? I want to try and avoid vista for as long as possible

 

[ellhans]

I've had vista installed before and it appeared to slow my system down (longer load times etc) But maybe now that I've just built this new system it might run it a little better,

Are there any other major drawbacks to vista at the moment?

Thanks

 

[ellhans]

Yeah I'm mainly a gamer,

I've just finished building my PC, and bought the following:

-Asus M2N32 SLi AM2 board
-6400+ Black edition AMD dual core
-4gb ballstix 8500 RAM
-MSI 8800GTX Nvidia 768mb
-700W OCZ Gamexstream PSU
-Scythe ninja rev B

I haven't got around to fit my ninja yet, but using an Asus cooler (it's fairly basic, looks stock) I was in UT3 yesterday and my CPU went up to 80oC which scared me a bit. I'm leaving it alone and I'm fitting my ninja tonight, so hopefully that sorts it

 

[ellhans]

Just a quick question on this subject again, I'm running a 8800GTX 768mb, does this mean that i should have 3.25GB physical memory since 768mb is being used for the card?

I'm really confused, because I'm still getting 3.5GB, so I'm assuming my GPU isn't running at full power??

Someone please help

 

[ellhans]

Just a quick question on this subject again, I'm running a 8800GTX 768mb, does this mean that i should have 3.25GB physical memory since 768mb is being used for the card?

I'm really confused, because I'm still getting 3.5GB, so I'm assuming my GPU isn't running at full power??

Someone please help

I take it no one can answer this question