Re: Vista Ultimate memory Issue

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"Mehrdad Pourfat" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1f8008d3626432ec0be407d89d4697f8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Dear all,

I have a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop with the following specification:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz, 6 Mb L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB, T9300
H.D.D: 320 Gbyte 5400 rpm.
O.S: Windows Vista Ultimate, Linux Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS (installed under
windows)
RAM: 3 Gb, DDR2, 800 MHz FSB
Graphics chipset: Gefoce 8400GS, 256 Mb onboard + 1.5 Gb Shared

I have recently increased the RAM to 4 Gb. Bios Setup has recognized 4
Gbytes of Ram. Windows also shows 4 Gbytes of Ram when in System
specification in Mycomputer menu Properties. But In task maganer, It
still inicates 3 Gb of ram. My graphics chipset uses about 1.5 Gb of ram
from system's ram. Does it mean that I will not notice any improvement
in my system's performance at all? or there might in graphics?

Regards,

Mehrdad Pourfathi


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Mehrdad Pourfat

As you've been told, the maximum addressable RAM in a 32 bit OS is 4GB, which includes address space for peripherals, etc., typically leaving you with 3 GB, more or less. In your case, much less, as you're using 1.5 GB of it for your video card. Why so much? If you reduce it to, say, .5 GB shared, that will free up a Gig for your OS, programs, etc.

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