Last edited by max (2007-12-18 10:21:09)
Last edited by prototype (2007-12-18 11:41:09)
You'll probably want to set the RAM timings back to auto, so they get the initial settings from the SPD, then re-adjust the timing with all four sticks installed. The timings and voltage necessary to operate 4 sticks may be different than just two.prototype wrote:
I already have 2 gigs installed and I manually set the timing when I put them in.
when I install the other 2 gigs should I manually set the timing or just stick them in and not worry about the timing?
thanx again for all the replies
the amount of ram you can use depends on the rest of the hardware you havexRBLx wrote:
Hmm mine can only see 2.75 odd.
This makes me wonder about my vista 64 and 4 GB Ram troubles...
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 9#p1728509Unreal_Insanity wrote:
Actually 2.7 gigs or depends on the bandwidth of the memory. For example PC 3200 can get up tp 3.8 and PC 6400 can get up tp 2.7. So it depends on what you have.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
yes its true... XP supports a maximum of 3.8 Gb of RAM ^^^san4 wrote:
Is that true? Sux.
Last edited by VicktorVauhn (2007-12-18 14:30:59)
that is completely wrongVicktorVauhn wrote:
In another thread recently some one mentioned it depending on the type of ram (or it might have been the speed? I only know so much about computers...) I belive he said that with more modern ram 32 bit systems only see as low as 2.7 while other types were as high as 3.8?
Lemme go see if I can find that thread.
Edit: yeah from other thread:http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 9#p1728509Unreal_Insanity wrote:
Actually 2.7 gigs or depends on the bandwidth of the memory. For example PC 3200 can get up tp 3.8 and PC 6400 can get up tp 2.7. So it depends on what you have.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
yes its true... XP supports a maximum of 3.8 Gb of RAM ^^^
Scorpion0x17 wrote:
<*SIGH*>
Not this hot potato again.
OKAY, I'm only going to say this once.
32bit XP DOES support 4GB of physical RAM - whether it's PC3200, PC6400 or whatever.
However, in all systems, some memory addresses are 'mapped' to IO (meaning they're used to communicate with any peripherals, video card, sound card, and do on).
So, because the 32-bit address space is exactly 4GB, if you install 4GB of physical ram, the IO mapped addresses will hide some of the physical addresses.
How many addresses are hidden in this way varies from system to system, so there is no single maximum amount of ram that will be available to windows.
In fact, if one were to build a system that didn't use memory-mapped IO, windows would see all 4GB - but that's only in theory - all modern PCs use memory-mapped IO.
Now to answer the OP, yes you'll see some improvement going from 2GB to 4GB physical RAM, but not as much as you get from going from 1GB to 2GB, unless you do a lot of graphics/video/audio editing, or other tasks that require large amounts of RAM.
OMG!VicktorVauhn wrote:
In another thread recently some one mentioned it depending on the type of ram (or it might have been the speed? I only know so much about computers...) I belive he said that with more modern ram 32 bit systems only see as low as 2.7 while other types were as high as 3.8?
Lemme go see if I can find that thread.
Edit: yeah from other thread:http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 9#p1728509Unreal_Insanity wrote:
Actually 2.7 gigs or depends on the bandwidth of the memory. For example PC 3200 can get up tp 3.8 and PC 6400 can get up tp 2.7. So it depends on what you have.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
yes its true... XP supports a maximum of 3.8 Gb of RAM ^^^san4 wrote:
Is that true? Sux.
Which is exactly what has happened. People have been confused by it.Bertster7 wrote:
If you don't have a clue what you're talking about, please don't offer advice to people in a tech forum. It's just going to confuse people.Unreal_Insanity wrote:
Actually 2.7 gigs or depends on the bandwidth of the memory. For example PC 3200 can get up tp 3.8 and PC 6400 can get up tp 2.7. So it depends on what you have.Little BaBy JESUS wrote:
yes its true... XP supports a maximum of 3.8 Gb of RAM ^^^