Is there a prob' with 1Gb Ram in XP

[markjonesx]

Is there a prob' with 1Gb Ram in XP, I'm using and A7N8X Mbo which has 3Gb capacity, can I crank it up?

I've heard that over 1Gb theres a problem in XP, is this true?

 

[bacillus]

using a gig here with no problems!

 

[EeyoreX]

Using 1GB with a 9x (95, 98, ME) version of Windows can cause problems. The NT base (NT, 2000, XP) OSes have no trouble addreessing 1GB (and more) of RAM. I am also using 1GB RAM with Windows XP Pro

\Dan

 

[markjonesx]

Using 1Gb myself, might go for 3Gb.

 

[markjonesx]

One last thing, how do I get the link to myrigs like you guys at the bottom of the posts?

 

[Leadbelly1]

I have 2048 megs of ram running Windows XP Pro no problems at all.



Intel Pentium 4 at 3GHz 800MHz system bus
2048MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
128MB DDR ATI RADEON 9800 Graphics Card
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 sound card
120GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drive
16 Max DVD-ROM Drive
4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
Integrated Intel PRO 10/100 Ethernet
56K PCI Data/Fax Modem
Altec Lansing 5100 6Pcs Speakers
SyncMaster 1200NF 22" Monitor
Microsoft Windows XP Pro

 

[Yomicron]

Originally posted by: markjonesx
One last thing, how do I get the link to myrigs like you guys at the bottom of the posts?

put this in your sig:
[L=Link Text]http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=23919[/L]

 

[markjonesx]

Thanks

 

[markjonesx]

I mean thanks.

 

[EeyoreX]

Using 1Gb myself, might go for 3Gb

I have 2048 megs of ram

:Q

And here I thought 1GB was overkill for most people.
What does one do to use 2GB or 3GB of RAM on a desktop?

\Dan

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX

Using 1Gb myself, might go for 3Gb

I have 2048 megs of ram

:Q

And here I thought 1GB was overkill for most people.
What does one do to use 2GB or 3GB of RAM on a desktop?

\Dan

Photoshop? Premiere? Maya? Some scientific visualization or computation application? A combination of the aforementioned all at once? 😉

 

[Leadbelly1]

And here I thought 1GB was overkill for most people.
What does one do to use 2GB or 3GB of RAM on a desktop?

Well i have the same answer as you only i though 2 gig was overkill thats why i got it Also the last 2 pc,s used RD ram this is my first in sometime that has not . I wanted to make sure i had enough is all.Was a bit leary about changeing i must say im very pleased.

 

[IBuyUFO]

I have 2 gigs and it's running fine. My scanner uses about 1.5 gigs when I'm scanning pictures from slides or negatives.

 

[Nothinman]

XP Pro should handle up to 4G just fine, for more you'll need Server or Advanced Server.

Also remember that no matter how much memory you have, each process will only be able to use 2G of if because you're on a 32-bit OS.

 

[MetroRider]

Originally posted by: EeyoreX

Using 1Gb myself, might go for 3Gb

I have 2048 megs of ram

:Q

And here I thought 1GB was overkill for most people.
What does one do to use 2GB or 3GB of RAM on a desktop?

\Dan

For those not using the extra memory on programs and applications, I always like to make a nice big RAM drive out of the extra memory I have. 512mb for the computer, and another 1.5 GB for a RAM drive using 2 GB total.

give it a shot, and if you are interested and have the memory to play with, look up and do a search on creating RAM drives in Windows 2000/XP.

enjoy! 🙂

 

[Nothinman]

Ram drives are pointless, any time you save using it is negated by having to copy all the data there in the first place. Once you read the files from the normal disk they're in the filesystem cache and aren't read from disk unless memory gets tight and the filesystem cache is shrunk.