Before I continue, here are my system specs.
(They are relevant to my question):
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU, 4GB Dual Channel DDR 400RAM (4 sticks of 1GB), 3 x 250GB SATA Hard Drives, 512MB PCI Express PNY nVidia GeForce 7600 Graphics Card.
Understanding the 4GB memory limitation in 32bit operating systems and that even with 4GB installed - Windows will only report 3.5GB with remapping enabled in the BIOS due to the PCIE card as well as other hardware components, I am wondering which configuration will improve performance:
2x1GB sticks and 2x512MB sticks to keep the Dual Channel but reduce the memory to 3GB
or:
4x1GB sticks as I have now.
We all know that neither Windows 32bit nor any applications use over 2GB in one process - hence my thoughts on lowering the memory to 3GB (2 for processes and 1 for hardware.
Does anyone have the answer? I would use the 64bit Vista but cannot because of the lack of drivers and software.
2007-02-15
14:50:41
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4 answers
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Sven B
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