-=PCTechTalk=- Re: custom built computer

Lil.
    There's no such thing as an expired thread here.  You're more than 
welcome to bring up a topic that hasn't been discussed in years if you'd 
like.

    A pair of matched 1GB sticks of RAM comes to a total of 2048MB worth of 
memory.  A separate video card will supply its own video memory, but a 
built-in graphics chip will have to steal some of your main system memory in 
order for it to be able to do what it does.  If you're saying that only 
1800MB of the installed 2048MB was recognized  that means your graphics chip 
'took' the other 248MB (actually, it's 256MB) for its own use and Windows is 
free to use the rest.  If you had only installed 1GB of RAM, the graphics 
chip would still require 256MB of it, leaving your system with only 1024 - 
256 = 768MB.  In my estimation, 1800MB is still much better than just 768MB 
for an XP system.

    And if you're also dual-booting with WinXP 64-bit, you'll want as much 
as you can possibly get since the 64-bit operating system can use much more 
than 3, 4 or even 8GB of RAM if it's available.  In a dual-boot situation, 
however, you'll still have to keep the amount of installed memory at or 
below the 4GB mark or the 32-bit WinXP OS probably won't be able to boot.

    If your system has a modern video card slot, you could make use of ALL 
of the system RAM you buy by also adding a separate graphics card (with its 
OWN memory).  This would give that missing 256MB back to the operating 
system.

Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:35 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: custom built computer


> This thread has got me thinking... I wanted to buy  2 paired sticks of 1gb
> ram .  But before forking out the money I took my computer in to a shop 
> try
> them out.  What I found out was that all the computer recognised was 
> 1800MB.
> Since I already have 1500MB I didn´t think it was worth it.  Now I am
> wondering if they tested it in WinXP 32-bit... and would it be recognised 
> in
> the 64-bit partition???
>
> Lil
> P.S.  Sorry if this thread is long gone...  I have only 243 messages to go
> through :o))  My... you have all been busy <bg> 

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