Has anyone ever read this before...

stormy13 said:

A few times,

32bit 4Gb Memory Limit Explained

regarding RAM for 32 bit Operating Systems

Maximum RAM Read on 32 bit systems

and probably a few more that I missed.

Still comes down to you want to use 4 GB or more, use 64 bit.

+1 Ken,

Geoff Chappell said:

Lordbob75 said:

Regardless, he is wrong. For one, he was running a XEON with PAE, which is specially made to break that barrier.

What in the article is made wrong by what you say? And by what logic?

His screen shot showed he has an Intel Xeon processor for one. I know that those use a special architecture (I am not 100% sure about all this). They have PAE, which allows more RAM to be used on x32 systems.

A x32 OS cannot use more than about 3.25Gbs of RAM... Which is why his article is really not very accurate. He seems to think that any user can use more...

(If I am wrong, please correct me)

~Lordbob

Check who you are replying to LB

smarteyeball said:

Check who you are replying to LB

He wrote it didn't he...

Well, I will stand by what I said.
If he can provide some outside sources showing that it is possible on a regular system (i.e. like a core 2 duo and a fairly standard motherboard) then I will concede.

~Lordbob

EDIT: Yup, he did. Geoff, no offense. What I am saying is not a personal offense, it just goes against what I know about x32 systems. If you are right, please show me. I mean no insult.

I know for a fact that Windows can use more that 4GB of memory on 32bit. We have been running Windows 2000 Advanced Server (x86) with 8GB for years. As well as Windows Server 2003 (x86) with 8GB for years. Since most of Windows Server 2003 (x86) = Windows XP Professional (x86) then Windows XP Professional (x86), should be able to access more than 4GB. I do believe this is some sort of Microsoft limitation.

I have no intentions of trying to get a (x86) OS to run more than 4GB, because the plain fact is that a 32bit OS is old and 64bit needs to finally take over, it is a move in the right direction.

Interesting article to read.

WindowsStar said:

I know for a fact that Windows can use more that 4GB of memory on 32bit. We have been running Windows 2000 Advanced Server (x86) with 8GB for years. As well as Windows Server 2003 (x86) with 8GB for years. Since most of Windows Server 2003 (x86) = Windows XP Professional (x86) then Windows XP Professional (x86), should be able to access more than 4GB. I do believe this is some sort of Microsoft limitation.

I have no intentions of trying to get a (x86) OS to run more than 4GB, because the plain fact is that a 32bit OS is old and 64bit needs to finally take over, it is a move in the right direction.

Interesting article to read.

But is this possible on a non server architecture (such as Windows 7 Home Premium x32)?

~Lordbob

Lordbob75 said:

WindowsStar said:

I know for a fact that Windows can use more that 4GB of memory on 32bit. We have been running Windows 2000 Advanced Server (x86) with 8GB for years. As well as Windows Server 2003 (x86) with 8GB for years. Since most of Windows Server 2003 (x86) = Windows XP Professional (x86) then Windows XP Professional (x86), should be able to access more than 4GB. I do believe this is some sort of Microsoft limitation.

I have no intentions of trying to get a (x86) OS to run more than 4GB, because the plain fact is that a 32bit OS is old and 64bit needs to finally take over, it is a move in the right direction.

Interesting article to read.

But is this possible on a non server architecture (such as Windows 7 Home Premium x32)?

~Lordbob

I would be tempted to say yes. Many of our servers now 10 years old were bleeding edge technology at the time but are only P3 or P4 CPUs non-Xeon. That server technology a few years later became Desktop technology.

Geoff Chappell said:

Lordbob75 said:

Regardless, he is wrong. For one, he was running a XEON with PAE, which is specially made to break that barrier.

What in the article is made wrong by what you say? And by what logic?

This right here is hillarious...




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