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im not sure if this one will be able to run 7 well.
its 3Gb (4Gb installed but for some reason it can only see 3GB), Duel Core Athlon 4200+
Suitable?
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im not sure if this one will be able to run 7 well.
its 3Gb (4Gb installed but for some reason it can only see 3GB), Duel Core Athlon 4200+
Suitable?
If its running a 32bit system then windows can only recognise 3gb of RAM, once its on a 64bit system it will show the additional
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Really? I thought the max for 32bit was 4GB?
Yeah I don't know where you got this from, both of our systems are on 32-bit and both have 4GB memory.
Quote from Gigabyte website;
Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
so your right, it should show 4gb maximum
You say that.. but mine says on 2.99gb is useable
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Doh!
I know it'll never say exactly 4GB as obviously windows, etc will all be loaded into part of it but ...
Edit: Right, just looked this up, 32-bit windows can address up to 4GB but onboard VGA (even if not in use) often uses some of this. Anymore than 4GB will require 64-bit
Edit: Right, just looked this up, 32-bit windows can address up to 4GB but onboard VGA (even if not in use) often uses some of this. Anymore than 4GB will require 64-bit
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see your computer has more memory that mine
Still would have thought mine would show more than 2.99gb though.
as for running 7, a general rule if it can run vista it will run 7 better.
there is a windows 7 upgrade advisor that you can download and run which will tell you if your machine is suitable
there is a windows 7 upgrade advisor that you can download and run which will tell you if your machine is suitable
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Will take a look! How much would the upgrade to 7 roughly cost if the adviser shows it to be fine
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Ooh. Cheers!
