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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?
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willay
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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
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xa0s
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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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jamied
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my brother has 32bit windows and it only showed 3gb ish and after windows update showed 4gb.
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xa0s
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Thanks for that.
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Kezzz
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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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John
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64 bit depends on the version but can address up to 128gb iirc.
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xa0s
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I'm seeing 3.55gB.
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M2RTY
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i see 8gb in vista 64bit
running 4 lots of 2gb
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xa0s
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But Vista 64 can see up to 128gb like John said above... What's your point?
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Andrew
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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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jamied
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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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