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Windows and RAM

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Kazy

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Someone told me something I'd never heard of today.. just wanted to check if its correct. I searched around but couldn't find anything on it. I was told that Windows 98 can ONLY use up to 128 megs of ram, and ME can only use 256 megs of ram. Therefore having any more than that with either of those operating systems would be pointless. Is that correct? If so, how much can 2000 and XP use? Just curious.. I currently am *still* using 98 (haven't got around to upgrading...) and have 512 megs of RAM. Thanks!
 
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
actually i believe it doesnt make "good" use of ram over 512mb for 98
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I read a very good review of OS memory use a while back. Basically what they found was very little performance gain in 9x OS's (<5%) over 384MB. Kazy's source said that 98 can only use up to 128MB. That's just not true at all.
 
Originally posted by: Maggotry
Originally posted by: ChampionAtTufshop
actually i believe it doesnt make "good" use of ram over 512mb for 98
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I read a very good review of OS memory use a while back. Basically what they found was very little performance gain in 9x OS's (<5%) over 384MB. Kazy's source said that 98 can only use up to 128MB. That's just not true at all.
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That's right. The 384MB limit really comes from a resource limit, which
I wrote about here.
 
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