Re: O.T. RAM uce in XP OS Message #6 Posted by Norris on 20 May 2010, 1:15 p.m., in response to message #5 by J Grim
HP offers a discussion of memory usage by Windows XP. Note that the vast majority of XP users have the 32-bit version (not the 64-bit version). Basically:
- In theory, 32-bit WinXP supports up to 4 GB of RAM
- In practice, the amount of available RAM is always less than 4 GB
- Typically, available RAM is between 3.0 and 3.4 GB, so it can in fact exceed 3 GB
- Your graphics card can have a particular impact on available RAM
- As an example, I have a 32-bit WinXP system with 4 GB installed, of which 3.25 GB are available
Edited: 20 May 2010, 1:16 p.m.
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