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Question with RAM usage; 8gb installed, 3.21 Total Physical
Hello, this is probably an age-old question, but is it natural for a computer to only use only a portion of its installed RAM? I'm aware that a 32 bit system has limitations on how much RAM can be used, but it seems ridiculous to have 8GB of RAM installed and only 3.21 GB total.
On my last reboot I enabled Memory Remapping in the BIOS, but it didn't affect the values below.
Here's my system information:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601)
Processor AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor, 3300 Mhz, 3 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
Here's my RAM info:
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.21 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.12 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.42 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5.27 GB
Page File Space 3.21 GB
Are these values natural? Is there anything I can do to optimize RAM usage a bit more? Was there any point in getting 8GB of RAM when the values are this low?
Thanks