Re: Vista32 and > 3 gig RAM


"Dan C." <dantc721@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick answers...
Think I will stay with XP for the near future, at least.

Thanks ....I will still install 4 gigs in my new build, If I understand,
XP
will only see 3 gigs of it.
Am going to install 2-- 2 gig sticks...hopefully It'll work.



Ok, for the thousandth time (can this be added to a FAQ?) Vista maxes out,
performance wise, at exactly 1.5GB of RAM, according to Vista / Microsoft
programmers. (ref windows experience index...you can score maximum for RAM
with 1.5GB, but something less than maximum score with LESS than 1.5GB of
RAM)

Can you add more than 1.5GB of RAM to Vista? Of course. Will it improve
performance? NO, unless you are using a specific application that can use
more than 1.5GB of RAM. But, if you are running one of those applications,
you would know that you need more than 1.5GB of RAM, so you wouldn't be here
asking if you can install it. :)

Again, if you have 1.5GB of RAM in Vista, adding more RAM will not improve
performance.

Relating this to new hardware purchase: Start with 2GB of RAM. Yes, that
is more than 1.5GB of RAM, but I've never seen a stick of 1.5GB of RAM, nor
have I seen a stick of 768MB of RAM. And buying a 1GB stick plus a 512MEG
stick would be kind of silly.

But not as silly as installing 4GB of RAM for an OS that maxes out
performace at 1.5GB. Wasted money. -Dave


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