radicalgel
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Hi,
I just upgraded my comp with a gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R mobo, Intel core 2 quad 2.5 GHz 45nm and two Transcend 2 Gb DDR2 800 sticks of RAM. I am using my old GeForce 6600GT. My BIOS reads 4 Gb of RAM but Win Xp Pro 32-bit SP3 only reads 3.25 Gb (System Properties). I have a friend who has 4Gb RAM with an amd X2, asus mobo, an ATI Radeon X800 and the same win xp pro 32-bit bit OS and his system properties displays 4 Gb.
I saw this problem posted on other forums and I still didn't get a clear explanation for this behaviour. This one forum said that the 32-bit version of win xp can only use 3.25 Gb but when you play games and use applications then the entire 4 Gb can be utilized if required. Is this true?
I just upgraded my comp with a gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R mobo, Intel core 2 quad 2.5 GHz 45nm and two Transcend 2 Gb DDR2 800 sticks of RAM. I am using my old GeForce 6600GT. My BIOS reads 4 Gb of RAM but Win Xp Pro 32-bit SP3 only reads 3.25 Gb (System Properties). I have a friend who has 4Gb RAM with an amd X2, asus mobo, an ATI Radeon X800 and the same win xp pro 32-bit bit OS and his system properties displays 4 Gb.
I saw this problem posted on other forums and I still didn't get a clear explanation for this behaviour. This one forum said that the 32-bit version of win xp can only use 3.25 Gb but when you play games and use applications then the entire 4 Gb can be utilized if required. Is this true?