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26th Mar 09 at 07:58

I'm aware Vista will only use (around) 3.3gB, but is it worth spending £15-£20 on a 2gB stick to replace my current 1gB stick giving me 4gB (3.3gB) total?

How much difference will 300mB of memory actually make?

I do a lot of heavy Photoshop work and the extra 1gB I just added helped a LOT, but I'm not sure if I'll notice 300mB or not?

Would you bother?

willay

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26th Mar 09 at 08:07

with how cheap RAM is I would max out my box if possible. I doubt 300MB will make a big difference but this is Vista we are talking about

xa0s

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26th Mar 09 at 08:23

Just remembered I can bung the old 2x 1gB sticks on eBay to receive a bit back! Suppose it's worth a punt.

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26th Mar 09 at 09:33

my brother has 32bit windows and it only showed 3gb ish and after windows update showed 4gb.

xa0s

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26th Mar 09 at 09:45

Thanks for that.

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16th Apr 09 at 16:34

yea think 32 bit vista can only see 3gb and 64 bit can 16gb or 8gb...same with xp 32bit sees 3gb 64bit see 8gb

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16th Apr 09 at 16:36

64 bit depends on the version but can address up to 128gb iirc.

xa0s

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17th Apr 09 at 02:49

I'm seeing 3.55gB.

M2RTY

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17th Apr 09 at 07:22

i see 8gb in vista 64bit

running 4 lots of 2gb

xa0s

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17th Apr 09 at 15:31

But Vista 64 can see up to 128gb like John said above... What's your point?

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18th Apr 09 at 17:53

If you have a 64bit CPU then why not just chuck on the 64bit OS?

If you have a single Core CPU then you shouldn't even think of Vista..

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21st Apr 09 at 15:42

I have vista ultimate installed on my netbook, dont get me wrong I stripped the installer down a little but it runs perfectly and that isnt a dual core processor only a 1.6ghz

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