why system properties report 1022.0MB instead of 1024mb ?

[Stalker]

i have 2 stick of 512mb running a7n8x deluxe running win 98se but report to be 1022.omb in system properties.
someting wrong with the memory???

 

[DannyBoy]

Nope thats just windows for ya. Memory is fine

 

[ukiro]

I've got 2x512 on an A7N8X Deluxe too, but running XP. It tells me I've got 1,00GB, so ligically that should mean it sees it as 1024. 1022 would be 0,99GB or something.

 

[Budman]

I got a gig too and win2k shows 1,048,032 KB of ram.

 

[XBoxLPU]

win98 se = YUCK

 

[PCMarine]

Windows 98 hardly uses anything over 128...It would be best if you went up to Win2k!

 

[0roo0roo]

you mean windows xp. 2k was ok back in the day.... when people have 128mb of ram xp is a hog and likes 512+, but hey... we got 512+ hah!

 

[Stalker]

weird Don't feel like spending $100 for OS. I know that people said that Win XP is more stable but I am not doing anything mission critical.

 

[Stalker]

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Windows 98 hardly uses anything over 128...It would be best if you went up to Win2k!

I though using less memory is a good thing .

 

[Hanzou]

I have 256MB of ram but on boot up it says I have 262MB.

 

[Spyro]

Originally posted by: Stalker

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Windows 98 hardly uses anything over 128...It would be best if you went up to Win2k!

I though using less memory is a good thing .

Bah, the more bloat the better. I'm still waiting for Windows XXP ME

 

[spaceman]

im sticking with 2k until i have no other choice.
all the stability of xp sans the bloat.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Stalker

Originally posted by: PCMarine
Windows 98 hardly uses anything over 128...It would be best if you went up to Win2k!

I though using less memory is a good thing .

no, its not that it uses less, its that it doesn't know how to use more


my windows says 1 GB

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Hanzou
I have 256MB of ram but on boot up it says I have 262MB.

Yeah its like that.

I think its due to this reason but I'm not sure though:

They give you extra as they don't bother to calculate exactly how many bits etc so the number quoted is the min you get I'm *guessing*.

Anyone else have a *real* answer here instead of my guess!

 

[alkemyst]

256 = 256 * 1024 = 262144
512 = 512 * 1024 = 524288
1gb = 1024 * 1024 = 1048576

the number are all marketing....with harddrives you technically get screwed since they use a different scale

120GB = 120 * 1000 =120000 / 1024 = 117GB

Ram is a little harder to screw with since there is addressing issues, but one day some manufacturer of hard drives thought about what if they counted a GB as 1000bytes instead of 1024...and then everyone else had to follow suit to compete.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
256 = 256 * 1024 = 262144
512 = 512 * 1024 = 524288
1gb = 1024 * 1024 = 1048576

the number are all marketing....with harddrives you technically get screwed since they use a different scale

120GB = 120 * 1000 =120000 / 1024 = 117GB

Ram is a little harder to screw with since there is addressing issues, but one day some manufacturer of hard drives thought about what if they counted a GB as 1000bytes instead of 1024...and then everyone else had to follow suit to compete.

Cool man. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[FishTankX]

Just to let you know..

Windows98/SE has a bug where if you use more than 512MB of memory, it kills performance.