Hello Veech, I use(d) 4 in my old games systems. Not that my game systems have on board memory but IIRC the wasted last gig could be used for shared video memory.
Monday, November 28, 2011, 12:50:01 AM, you wrote: > I have a 5-year old PC that is humming along just fine using XP SP3. The > board is an EVGA nForce 680i which NewEgg says will support up to 8GB RAM: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188013 however I > have always thought that XP will only "see" 4G RAM> Is this true or will my > board actually see the 8GB RAM with XP SP3? I doubt it will, but just > wanted to throw it out there, see what you guys think. > Currently I have 2 x 1GB DDR2-800 RAM Patriot brand. There are two more > DIMM slots available. Should I toss the 5-yr old sticks and get 2 x 2GB RAM > or just add 2 more 1GB sticks? RAM is cheap enough now that in this case > the cost isn't a major issue. > thanks! -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
