Quote Originally Posted by Fizzler View Post
How much RAM does your old video card have vs. your new?

Vista / XP or any other 32 bit OS can only address 4 gigs of TOTAL memory when it boots into the OS it will first addresses I/O devices with their own on board memory like video cards. That uses up some of the address space then when Windows boots it will address the rest of the 4 gigs.

The only 32 bit OS that can see all 4 gigs is 2003 server edition because it supports 36-bit PAE extensions.

XP and all versions of Vista in 32bit can only address 4 gigs TOTAL which includs the video card and all other I/O devices.
Ya in about 2 weeks I will be updating to a 64bit and also buying 4gb more of ram(MB will be maxed then). As far as the old GPU 256 and the new one is 512.