You have a video card with 756mb of ram in it? Remember it is 4gb of addressable memory anywhere for 32 bit os. So any devide that has memory no matter how small is counted. Ram gets last dibs on the addressable memory. On Nov 28, 2011 9:20 AM, "FORC5" <[email protected]> wrote:
> FWIW my XP box with 4gb ram sees 3.25 of it. Bios on post sees it all. > > fp > > At 11:50 PM 11/27/2011, Veech Poked the stick with: > >> 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<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! >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >> signature database 6666 (20111128) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > -- > Tallyho ! ]:8) > Taglines below ! > -- > Is relativism the only absolute? > >
