Windows Vista 32 BIT and 4 GIGs of ram

humax · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:30

Hi Guys
just a quick one. can vista 32 bit see 4 GIGS of ram ? or would i need the 64 bit version

vanandjuanunited · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:32

No you will see about 3.5 gig with 32 bit.

humax · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:34

Thanks for that. so i will need the 64 bit version to see all 4 GIGs

Will_3rd · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:34

humax · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:36

Do you think that there will ever be a update for it in time to come so it can see all 4 GIGs

waso_dude · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:45

Nope,

32bit can't physically see it, nothing that anyone can do about it

Wait until 128bit is released

should seen close to a terabyte of ram

randal · 24 Oct 2007 at 17:47

http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=1224

Ding ding.

Burnsy2023 · 24 Oct 2007 at 18:45

It's absolutely pointless enabling PAE in Vista. It's been abandonded by MS, because too many drivers want DMA access etc which PAE doesn't support.

Get Vista 64.

Burnsy

randal · 24 Oct 2007 at 18:48

Well I didn't know that, I stand corrected.

Burnsy2023 said:
Get Vista 64.

Energize · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:20

waso_dude said:
Nope,

32bit can't physically see it, nothing that anyone can do about it

Wait until 128bit is released should seen close to a terabyte of ram

64 bit is capable of addressing 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes of ram. So no need for 128 bit.

zetec452 · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:22

I thought that a 32bit system would only see 3.2 Gig's of ram but have the ability to use the full 4 Gig?

I'm probably wrong though.

Energize · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:24

JonRohan said:
I thought that a 32bit system would only see 3.2 Gig's of ram but have the ability to use the full 4 Gig?

I'm probably wrong though.

32-bit can use 4GB of memory, however the graphics card, sound card, cache all use some of that 4GB so you never get to use 4GB of ram.

humax · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:26

Energize said:
32-bit can use 4GB of memory, however the graphics card, sound card, cache all use some of that 4GB so you never get to use 4GB of ram.

so as i only have 4GIGs of ram i may as well just get the 32 bit version then

Tute · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:28

Energize said:
32-bit can use 4GB of memory, however the graphics card, sound card, cache all use some of that 4GB so you never get to use 4GB of ram.

Yes, the available RAM would vary from system to system as all the components above would have to be subtracted from the 4GB first.

Burnsy2023 · 24 Oct 2007 at 19:43

Personally, I don't see the adversion to X64 anyway...

Burnsy

Tute · 25 Oct 2007 at 01:19

Burnsy2023 said:
Personally, I don't see the adversion to X64 anyway...

Burnsy

Some people install x64, get problems, and instantly assume it's because it's the x64 version. :rolleyes: