I was installing a new game on my laptop !!! at the beginning of the installation it says the software fails to meet the minimum reqirements for the game !!! and it said "RAM IS LOW" !!!! and i was like "wtf???" becuz my laptop has 512 MB ram and the minimun ram requirement for this game is 512 MB aswell !!! so I checked in "system" in "control panel" and it said my RAM is 504 MB !!! i was really shocked !!! please someone explain !!! becuz as far as I new Rams only come in the form of 2 ^ n !!! for example 16,32,64,128,256,512,1024 !!! so why does it say my RAM is 504 MB ???? its just weird !!!
2007-07-02 00:32:51 · 6 answers · asked by ksn_2003 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Check under Performance in Task Manager. Total physical memory should still be 512Mb. The missing 8Mb could be the minimum allocated for integrated graphics and it is dynamically allocated. Only 8Mb is shared from system RAM when graphics load is just 2D but increases a lot to 64-128Mb when load is 3D graphics.
2007-07-02 00:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your computer is maybe sharing the RAM with the video card. Quite common with built-in video adapters in laptops. So 8Mb of your RAM has been reserved for video.
To meet 512Mb available RAM you need to add more... if it's got a free slot anything over 8Mb will do. If it's not got a free RAM slt then you need to replace 1 stick with the next size up (or more...)
2007-07-02 00:47:54 · answer #2 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is normally a small amount of overhead used by the system, that may account for the missing 8mb
2007-07-02 00:36:52 · answer #3 · answered by Josh G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your RAM is always in use and if that game requires 512 there is not way you run it. you will need at least 1GB.
2007-07-02 01:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by Val 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some times the minimum is not minimum at all, ram upgrade should do the trick.
2007-07-02 00:37:11 · answer #5 · answered by aj c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It downgrades after a period of time. Mine has become 506MB from 512MB
2007-07-02 00:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by vidyuth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋