Hello Brian, Saturday, March 8, 2008, 8:17:21 AM, you wrote:
> I have seen a ton of debates over whether or not 32-bit XP can address 4GB > or not recently. They talked about it on ExtremeTech, on DL.TV, and a few > other places. If I remember correctly, there is a way to get XP to display > all 4GB but as was pointed out by Bobby you can't actually use all 4 GB. > As far as the question about a RAM drive, if Windows can't access the > physical RAM then you would have to have some program make the RAM drive > before Windows starts up, I don't think you could do it from within > Windows.. And of course there is also the question of whether your BIOS > supports more than 4 GB. Some do, some don't. Yeah, they go back and forth on this. So, on the newest game system I built with THG's input I originally setup with 2GB RAM. I had bought 4GB but kept 2GB back. Used it a few months and then threw the other 2GB on, works fine - a little faster, a little better. So... *shrug* -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
