I have 8gb of ram but windows vista just seeing 3 of them

What i need to do to make vista to see all my RAM? My BIOS shows normal information (4chips with 2gb on each). But on Windows Vista SP1 when I do dxdiag there is just 3gb. :(
I somewhere heard that i need to install windows 64bit edition. But will the normal CPU run them?

{Sorry for bad english}

Both Win XP and Vista requires the 64bit edition to use more than 3GB RAM. After SP1 for Vista it will show the total RAM installed but still only use 3GB.Oom_Gert

Agreed...m curious to know why he has 8 gigs of ram in the first place :|

if you want to say make a massive map in the crysis editor for example most extremely large ass levels will need atleast 6gb of ram. also things like google earth use high amounts of ram as well. the most i have ever used on my old server was 12gb of ram. servers use a lot but for the most part the max you would need to have a great pc is 4-6 anything over 6 for regular gaming and average desktop people is just stupid not to mention the strain it puts on the northbridge.

i would say if this dude has 533, 667, or 800 mhz ram then he should trade it all in for 4gb of ddr2 1066-1200 ram that will be plenty for anything

What i need to do to make vista to see all my RAM? My BIOS shows normal information (4chips with 2gb on each). But on Windows Vista SP1 when I do dxdiag there is just 3gb. :(
I somewhere heard that i need to install windows 64bit edition. But will the normal CPU run them?

{Sorry for bad english}

HyperXas

32bit can only use max 3gigs ram and 64bit can only use max 4gigs of ram so in other words, 8 gigs is useless now. ForsbergFan21

64 bit vista can use more than 128 GB of ram

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/64bit.mspx

I have Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz. Will Windows 64bit edition run on it?

P.S. I bought this pc from shop with no special complectation. It already been with 8gb of ram, GeForce 9800GX2 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz and 500Gb HDD.

why would anybody need 8gb of ram?mattyomo99

Some people might be thinking they're getting a benefit from 4 sticks of $19.99 RAM or something.

I have Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz. Will Windows 64bit edition run on it?

P.S. I bought this pc from shop with no special complectation. It already been with 8gb of ram, GeForce 9800GX2 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4Ghz and 500Gb HDD.

HyperXas

You'd think they'd throw in a better processor with all of that. Yes, it will work with a 64-bit OS.

[QUOTE="ForsbergFan21"]32bit can only use max 3gigs ram and 64bit can only use max 4gigs of ram so in other words, 8 gigs is useless now. adam92682

64 bit vista can use more than 128 GB of ram

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/64bit.mspx

[QUOTE="adam92682"]

[QUOTE="ForsbergFan21"]32bit can only use max 3gigs ram and 64bit can only use max 4gigs of ram so in other words, 8 gigs is useless now. codezer0

64 bit vista can use more than 128 GB of ram

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/64bit.mspx

No, i meant more than 128 GB. If you looked at the link I provided it cleary states 128+

No, i meant more than 128 GB. If you looked at the link I provided it cleary states 128+

adam92682

So, what is the + sign there for then?

and microsoft.com is much more reliable then tomshardware

So, what is the + sign there for then?

and microsoft.com is much more reliable then tomshardware

adam92682

Um, isn`t 8 gigs kinda Over KillÉ I have 2 gigs and i thought i was ontop of the world :S

Um, isn`t 8 gigs kinda Over KillÉ I have 2 gigs and i thought i was ontop of the world :S

Electro057