Btrash Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Pretty sure any version of Vista with SP1 will recognize 4 gigs, and now XP with sp3 will also see 4 gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM9104 Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 if u have a board that runs 8 gigs any os will recognize it it may not us it until it needs it, it will run on say 4 gigs then then when u need the other gigs the will kick in. Mr Steve u can run ya 3 24 inchers wit that no problemwith SLi you can only run one monitor. Quote 2015 Honda Civic LX 4dr | 24k miles Stock H/U and mids/highs Power Acoustik GW3-12" D2 Sub HiFonics BXX1200.1D @ 1ohm Random 2.5^3' dual ported box NVX LOC Stinger wiring throughout 1977 Chevy SWB Cammed 350 Dual exhaust Cheap Wish stereo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrie_V Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 if u have a board that runs 8 gigs any os will recognize it it may not us it until it needs it, it will run on say 4 gigs then then when u need the other gigs the will kick in. Mr Steve u can run ya 3 24 inchers wit that no problem No he's not, when u run SLI u only can feed 1 monitor. When he switch SLI off he can feed 4. And it has nothing to do with how much ram u have. And u say the OS use the "invisible" ram when it needs it, is When u have an 32-bit OS, u can install 4GB, but windows 32-bit can only adress 4GB memory total. Thats incl your video ram on your videocards. So with his dual GTX cards, he will only see (and use) ~2,75GB in windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrie_V Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 with SLi you can only run one monitor. Yeah u beat me I had something more to type ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Yeah u beat me I had something more to type ha but SLI out and into a Matrox "triple head2go" should work great! I may do it! Ive got "dual head2go" on my work computer and its awesome. I use it for work related stuff only since this thing is not a gaming rig but for what i use it for it works great. Triples on a Alienware should be teh sex Quote All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 And u say the OS use the "invisible" ram when it needs it, is sorry about the misinformation thats how i was informed by a local computer tech guy nit to long ago so i figured he knew his stuff. sorry fellas. Quote I know a lil about everything so dont call me Mr. Know it All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 No he's not, when u run SLI u only can feed 1 monitor. When he switch SLI off he can feed 4. And it has nothing to do with how much ram u have. And u say the OS use the "invisible" ram when it needs it, is When u have an 32-bit OS, u can install 4GB, but windows 32-bit can only adress 4GB memory total. Thats incl your video ram on your videocards. So with his dual GTX cards, he will only see (and use) ~2,75GB in windows. so in other words, 4gb on vista 32 is still a waste.....in my case anyway since i have dual 8800gtx (768mb each). well that sucks! Quote All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audiofanaticz Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 heheh mines more then a few years old, and still kicking it. Susprised I can still play games with full graphics. Overclocking ftw!! Nice to see your rig again steve, looks like your keeping good care of her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herrie_V Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 so in other words, 4gb on vista 32 is still a waste.....in my case anyway since i have dual 8800gtx (768mb each). well that sucks! Then u have to switch to 64-bit, just as i did. And it has nothing to do with yor videocards. I stepped up from 2 to 4 gigs a few weeks ago because of the low prices right now, and didnt see any difference... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Then u have to switch to 64-bit, just as i did. And it has nothing to do with yor videocards. I stepped up from 2 to 4 gigs a few weeks ago because of the low prices right now, and didnt see any difference... how do i switch to 64 and will i see a difference doing that? Quote All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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