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Post Date: 2008-02-09
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    Posted: 09 Feb 2008 at 12:35am
32bit vista can only recognize 2GB of memory right?

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Nope, it can recognize up to 4gb. How much ram a 32 bit operating system will recognize mostly depends on what GPUs you have.
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Originally posted by skyR

Nope, it can recognize up to 4gb. How much ram a 32 bit operating system will recognize mostly depends on what GPUs you have.
 
How much do you think it would recognize with the 8800GT 512?
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Roughly 2.6 GB. 
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What about with an 8800 GTS 512 MB?
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Same  .

The memory on a graphics card needs addresses just like the system RAM. There are only 4GB of addresses to go around. This isn't a question of how fast the GPU is, but of how large the buffer is. Things should get interesting when people start trying to run 2x 9800x2 on a 32 bit OS. I predict there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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