Vista recongnized 3 GB of ram but in BIOS i got 4GB ?

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#1 telefanatic
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In BIOS start up screen i see that i have 4GB of ram but when VISTA loads up i can only see 3GB under 32BIT version and not 3.25GB ? Anyone know whats wrong ?
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#2 G013M
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I'm not 100% sure on this reasoning, but I'm, betting that it's due to the fact of your two videocards in SLI.

Are they both 512meg?

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#3 blind29
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32bit can only use 3GB even if its in the system limitation of 32bit code i think,you would need a 64bit vista edition to see all that ram
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32bit can only use 3GB even if its in the system limitation of 32bit code i think,you would need a 64bit vista edition to see all that ramblind29

yea pretty much

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[QUOTE="blind29"]32bit can only use 3GB even if its in the system limitation of 32bit code i think,you would need a 64bit vista edition to see all that ramMiguel16

yea pretty much

More or less, but not exactly. 32-bit vista can only address 4 GB of memory, but that includes video card memory and such too.
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#6 telefanatic
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[QUOTE="Miguel16"]

[QUOTE="blind29"]32bit can only use 3GB even if its in the system limitation of 32bit code i think,you would need a 64bit vista edition to see all that ramsca321

yea pretty much

More or less, but not exactly. 32-bit vista can only address 4 GB of memory, but that includes video card memory and such too.

I see thanks, and yea both the 8800GT's are 512mb.