Win 7 only 3.25 gb ram

ski said:

Pentium3 FTW said:

And assuming this computer isn't a laptop... gets a little hard to cram the video card into the case :P

It is possible with some laptops.

I think mine has that feature, but I'm not sure. I know my friend's has some sort of mini PCI slot where you can pop out the old video card and insert a new one when needed.

Lifehacker.com wrote a article that explains the diffrences between 32-bit and 62-bit operating systems.

LINK!!!

CoolioG said:

Lifehacker.com wrote a article that explains the diffrences between 32-bit and 62-bit operating systems.

And that is yet another article that fails hard trying to explain PAE

ski said:

Pentium3 FTW said:

And assuming this computer isn't a laptop... gets a little hard to cram the video card into the case :P

It is possible with some laptops.

Show me a laptop you can install a vid card into...

ski said:

Pentium3 FTW said:

And assuming this computer isn't a laptop... gets a little hard to cram the video card into the case :P

It is possible with some laptops.

but if you have to ask if you can do this with your laptop then the answer is most likely no. personally i can't wait for ms to drop 32 bit support, which isn't supposed to happen in windows 8 either but i think that by the time it ships even netbooks will be running 64 bit so hopefully when we get 9. however i don't think we are ready to make the jump to 128 bit systems just yet, give us another 5-10 years on that one microsoft.

valtonray said:

ski said:

Pentium3 FTW said:

And assuming this computer isn't a laptop... gets a little hard to cram the video card into the case :P

It is possible with some laptops.

but if you have to ask if you can do this with your laptop then the answer is most likely no. personally i can't wait for ms to drop 32 bit support, which isn't supposed to happen in windows 8 either but i think that by the time it ships even netbooks will be running 64 bit so hopefully when we get 9.

I love my 32 bit OS. I see all my friends with their x64 operating systems, and I see no obvious benefits and a whole lot of pains in the ass. A lot of older hardware drivers do not work, the system takes up extra space on the HD, some 32 bit programs will not work, and all the old 16-bit games will not work at all. And yes, I still use 16-bit software. Let the consumers decide when to switch to 64-bit; forcing it is a bad business idea for Microsoft and is very Apple-esque.

Pentium3 FTW said:

Let the consumers decide when to switch to 64-bit; forcing it is a bad business idea for Microsoft and is very Apple-esque.

It is only a matter of time.

Mitch656 said:

I have the same issue with the same amount of Ram

its not really an issue.

The reason why it can only use 3.25gb of your ram is because you are using a 32bit OS

to use all 4gb of ram you must move to a 64bit OS

and remember - in case it isn't clear from Mitch's statement, and I'm not being Captain Obvious - that your hardware [mobo + cpu] must support 64-bit to install 64-bit version of Win7. You can't install it on a 32-bit platform.

patio said:

Show me a laptop you can install a vid card into...

This link names a few, and also shows how to do it on a Dell laptop:
Upgrading Your Laptop's Graphics Card - PC World