will Windows Vista allow more than 4gb of RAM?

[Nothinman]

4) 4GB of RAM may actually slow down your PC slightly depending on your motherboard, other hardware and usage

Doubtful. Unless you're talking about the use of PAE but that's just an extra level of page tables so any affect on performance won't really be noticable. And unless MS allows Vista to use >4G of memory you'll still be stuck with ~3G physical memory in 32-bit Vista.

 

[Zbox]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
And unless MS allows Vista to use >4G of memory you'll still be stuck with ~3G physical memory in 32-bit Vista.

32-bit vista will support anywhere between 8GB to the max physical based on the edition (from home to ultimate)

 

[Nothinman]

32-bit vista will support anywhere between 8GB to the max physical based on the edition (from home to ultimate)

Oh yea I forgot how they split it up into like 32 different SKUs. So you're saying that Home Basic will support up to 8G of memory? That seems pretty high to me.

 

[TerryMathews]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

32-bit vista will support anywhere between 8GB to the max physical based on the edition (from home to ultimate)

Oh yea I forgot how they split it up into like 32 different SKUs. So you're saying that Home Basic will support up to 8G of memory? That seems pretty high to me.

It's only double what XP home supported.

 

[Nothinman]

It's only double what XP home supported.

"Only double"? 1G is nearly standard now, 2G is popular for power users but nearly all of the people with 4G eithe have way too much money on their hands or they need it for work and should be smart enough to run an OS that can use all of that memory. So that makes no sense, especially for the cheapest version of Vista that's targetted at people that still have 512M or less of memory. I could see upping the limit for the Pro and above versions, but that's about it.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Dimkaumd
Hi all,

As far as I understand, right now, users of windows cannot have more than 4gb of ram due to FAT32 restrictions.

FAT32 is a filesystem which NOONE uses anymore anyway....and the filesystem FILESIZE limitation has nothing to do with the memory limitation of the OS.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I don't think FAT would be the reason users may be limited to 4GB of ram (if they are limited to 4GB of ram). Plus no one uses FAT32 on their hard drives anymore.

I still format to FAT32.

whow...i wouldnt even be able to hold some virtual CD images...i have some which are 6GB Why limit yourself ?

 

[flexy]

>>>
With NTFS it's a royal pain in the butt. FAT32, no prob.
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not really..there are tools. Fat32 is SOO outdated..and btw what is that "floppy" thing you're talking about ?
I have one, but its defective for YEARS alrady...not that i ever needed to use it in YEARS. Even a CD looks more and more ancient to me with newer games and appz right now in the 5-6 GB size.