RAM limit and Win98?

[TossToss]

Hello,
I am running win98 on my new system:Soyo Dragon+ K7V mobo w/ AMD Athlon XP 1600+, 768MB DDR266 (PC2100) CAS 2.5 Crucial Memory

I am hearing from friends that win98 can not handle more than 256 RAM and I need to go to win2000. Can anyone confirm/deny/elaborate on this?

Thanks!

 

[minendo]

Read this.

That link refers to the FAQ put together by AndyHui. It's a great resource.

 

[Evadman]

Andy the FAQ man!

512 is max without a registry tweak.

 

[cholley]

the max amout a typical windows system can use is 192mb even though it can see it all

 

[TossToss]

What do you mean by "see" and "use" ?
And do you have anything to substantiate this claim? (urls, etc)
You sound like my friends that like to throw out these wild claims, but can not back it up (no offense - just tired of hearing "no more than 128 RAM", "nothing over 256", "more than 512 is a waste", and now your "192"?!)

This link here seems to contradict you.
But I am confused about that link, minendo can you clarify?
If I have 768mb of RAM, would I still use
MinFileCache=65536
MaxFileCache=65536

or instead
MinFileCache=262144
MaxFileCache=262144

or what?

 

[corkyg]

It is more than "see" or "use." It also depends on the mobo's chipset. Windows' ability to cache in RAM is top down, and when it reaches a given level, it can no longer cache, and then additional RAM slows it down.