4gb ram questing

[unit187]

Greetings,

In a computer shop I was told by a guy that 32 bit OS like my windows xp home edition does no support more then 2 gb of ram. There is some way to do something in bios so it would support 3gb.

Some other people on forums told me that win xp supports 3gb ram and can be "overclocked" for 4gb ram.

I am planning to upgrade my PC from 2gb to 4gb and want to clear this questing.
Also, how to "overclock" my windows to support more memory?

[Xzin]

Install XP 64 or Linux.

[unit187]

is it 64 windows professional version only?

[And0]

XP Pro supports ram up to 4gb; however, check this url: http://www.asisupport.com/ts_4GB_memory_info.htm

The actual amount (beyond 2 gb) you can access will depend on what hardware you have installed in your PC. Most people see around 3 gigs. As Xzin said, your options (if you really want 4 gigs of ram) are Linux or a 64 bit version of Windows.

I wonder if Windows Server 2003 Enterprise would run WoW ok...


Edit:

is it 64 windows professional version only?
I believe the only version of XP64 is Pro.

[unit187]

Thanks for info guys. I gotta buy 2 gb more tomorrow and look what my windows will "see" and then decide what to do next :)


PS. typo in thread name, its "question" ^^

[jmet]

XP 64 driver support can be very poor at times, if you want 64 bit then go Vista as all drivers are released in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors at the same time.

Going to Linux will do more to hurt your performance then it will help by adding 2 more gigs of ram.

[unit187]

um... I have only one logical disc so is it possible to install Vista over my Windows XP so I can change them when I need without lovely Format C: ? :)

[backwardsman]

Greetings,

In a computer shop I was told by a guy that 32 bit OS like my windows xp home edition does no support more then 2 gb of ram. There is some way to do something in bios so it would support 3gb.

Some other people on forums told me that win xp supports 3gb ram and can be "overclocked" for 4gb ram.

I am planning to upgrade my PC from 2gb to 4gb and want to clear this questing.
Also, how to "overclock" my windows to support more memory?


Windows XP will only support 2gb of memory. Its becasue 32bit operating systems can only address so much memory.

I am not sure what the hell that forum was taking about, I am guessing you might of just misinterpreted it.

With over clocking there is no way to "overclock" to a higher ammount of memory. Over clocking normally is rasing the Front side bus speed on your memory. When you make your memory speed higher frequency its able to transfer data faster.

This comes at a great risk and i suggest you do not do this Incorrect overclocking can fry computer components. it can also cause very fusterating crashes and game hang ups. Also there is no way of increasing the ammount of memory you have by overclocking. just the sped at which it transfers data which really wouldnt help you for dual boxing.

I dont suggest getting the memory. If you must buy the memory and buy the 64 bit verion of windows vista. You'll have to wait until MS releases service back to (maybe) before you can enjoy the full ammount of memory you have though.

[unit187]

Windows XP will only support 2gb of memory. Its becasue 32bit operating systems can only address so much memory.

I am not sure what the hell that forum was taking about, I am guessing you might of just misinterpreted it.

With over clocking there is no way to "overclock" to a higher ammount of memory. Over clocking normally is rasing the Front side bus speed on your memory. When you make your memory speed higher frequency its able to transfer data faster.

This comes at a great risk and i suggest you do not do this Incorrect overclocking can fry computer components. it can also cause very fusterating crashes and game hang ups. Also there is no way of increasing the ammount of memory you have by overclocking. just the sped at which it transfers data which really wouldnt help you for dual boxing.

I dont suggest getting the memory. If you must buy the memory and buy the 64 bit verion of windows vista. You'll have to wait until MS releases service back to (maybe) before you can enjoy the full ammount of memory you have though.
Yeh right thats dangerous to overclock :)

So, I've got my 2gb of ram today (total of 4gb now). Windows XP "sees" 2.9 gb ram. Even tho it is only +0.9 my 5 WoW clients run much better in capital cities where before I was dying in lag.

Anyways, is it possible to install 2nd OS without formating my disc? If it is I am gonna think what will it be: XP professional or Vista (thinking about buying license version of vista, anyways we all probably will have to install it someday in case of using DX10 features and stuff)

[backwardsman]

Windows XP will only support 2gb of memory. Its becasue 32bit operating systems can only address so much memory.

I am not sure what the hell that forum was taking about, I am guessing you might of just misinterpreted it.

With over clocking there is no way to "overclock" to a higher ammount of memory. Over clocking normally is rasing the Front side bus speed on your memory. When you make your memory speed higher frequency its able to transfer data faster.

This comes at a great risk and i suggest you do not do this Incorrect overclocking can fry computer components. it can also cause very fusterating crashes and game hang ups. Also there is no way of increasing the ammount of memory you have by overclocking. just the sped at which it transfers data which really wouldnt help you for dual boxing.

I dont suggest getting the memory. If you must buy the memory and buy the 64 bit verion of windows vista. You'll have to wait until MS releases service back to (maybe) before you can enjoy the full ammount of memory you have though.
Yeh right thats dangerous to overclock :)

So, I've got my 2gb of ram today (total of 4gb now). Windows XP "sees" 2.9 gb ram. Even tho it is only +0.9 my 5 WoW clients run much better in capital cities where before I was dying in lag.

Anyways, is it possible to install 2nd OS without formating my disc? If it is I am gonna think what will it be: XP professional or Vista (thinking about buying license version of vista, anyways we all probably will have to install it someday in case of using DX10 features and stuff)

I myself have 3GB of memory but windows will only note 2.25GB

Yes you can pick up a program like partition magic or something of the like and repartition your harddrive. this will allow you to chose either windows xp or your new windows vista 64

if you plan to dual boot i suggest only getting windows vitsa 64 to do this. Good luck and please report your findings.

[unit187]

I was searching internet for info about vista and have found something they call Windows Vista x84, whats that? Is it like even better then x64 or maybe it is something else

[Xzin]

That is Windows Typo Edition.

[unit187]

That is Windows Typo Edition.
I think I am gonna buy one of those.

[jmet]

That is Windows Typo Edition. :lol:

[backwardsman]

I was searching internet for info about vista and have found something they call Windows Vista x84, whats that? Is it like even better then x64 or maybe it is something else

thats what they call 64 bit. i am not sure why either.

[Bradster]

Something I heard (not sure on this) Is that video ram counts towards this so called limit.

Not sure I run 3g and have 2 Videos cards in a SLI config, 256m each. And I can use all 3g doing video stuff while watching task manager. I run Win XP pro.

Not sure what to tell ya, I guess 3g is ok?

[backwardsman]

Something I heard (not sure on this) Is that video ram counts towards this so called limit.

Not sure I run 3g and have 2 Videos cards in a SLI config, 256m each. And I can use all 3g doing video stuff while watching task manager. I run Win XP pro.

Not sure what to tell ya, I guess 3g is ok?


Yeah, i heard this exact same thing about two weeks ago. Which makes me want to reinstall my vista 64 even more.

wow runs very poorly for me with windows vista 64. i was told that the reason is that windows vista 64 has problems with GUI games. World of warcraft being one of them.

here's hoping sp1 fixes that and i finally get to bask in all of my silicon goodness.

[unit187]

Something I heard (not sure on this) Is that video ram counts towards this so called limit.

Not sure I run 3g and have 2 Videos cards in a SLI config, 256m each. And I can use all 3g doing video stuff while watching task manager. I run Win XP pro.

Not sure what to tell ya, I guess 3g is ok?
xp pro can see 4gb ram, this is 64 bit os, xp home which I have - cant :P

[unit187]

tho I have downloaded vista and will install it on 2nd hard disc and gonna try it out today or 2morrow