Ram

[ritesh]

I have 3.00GB installed in my computer and I only get 2.30GB.

Why??

   Note

This is my new computer and I don't want to modify anything

Please help.

Ritesh

 

[zigzag3143]

I have 3.00GB installed in my computer and I only get 2.30GB.

Why??

   Note

This is my new computer and I don't want to modify anything

Please help.

Ritesh

Probably your video card and maybe page file.

 

[Arc]

HDD cache, CPU cache, Video card, etc got the rest .

 

[ritesh]

HDD cache, CPU cache, Video card, etc got the rest .

Is there anyway to clear it?

 

[Arc]

Is there anyway to clear it?

Probably not . 32 bit system shows less usable ram, normally.

 

[housry23]

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

 

[whs]

Go to Resource Monitor > Memory tab and look at the color bar. That will tell you how much is system reserved (the leftmost grey area). Once we know that, we can explore for what it is used.

 

[Arc]

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

Good point Upgrading to 64 bit os should reduce unusable ram quantity, provided the GPU is not sharing memory.

 

[whs]

Try using 64-bit Win 7. Your 32-bit key will work for 64-bit as long as they are not installed at the same time. If it still shows the same thing in 64-bit then it is probably your video card's shared memory. 64-bit reserves less RAM for hardware than 32-bit.

I do not think 64bit will help. Since he has only 3GBs, there should not be an address space problem. He has something (e.g. graphics) using real memory.

 

[pparks1]

I do not think 64bit will help. Since he has only 3GBs, there should not be an address space problem. He has something (e.g. graphics) using real memory.

Agreed. It's most likely his video card and such sharing system memory.

 

[Arc]

So is a dedicated GPU may be the solution ?

 

[whs]

So is a dedicated GPU may be the solution ?

That is a possibility since he has 1Gb of address space to play with.

 

[ritesh]

Go to Resource Monitor > Memory tab and look at the color bar. That will tell you how much is system reserved (the leftmost grey area). Once we know that, we can explore for what it is used.

Here, I took a snap shot.

 

[whs]

There you have it. 714MBs are hardware reserved. What is your graphics facility. If you don't know, type msinfo32 into the start/search and hit Enter. Then go to Components > Display. That should tell you.

 

[ritesh]

There you have it. 714MBs are hardware reserved. What is your graphics facility. If you don't know, type msinfo32 into the start/search and hit Enter. Then go to Components > Display. That should tell you.

I don't know, but I took a snap shot.

 

[whs]

OK, that is an on-board graphic that uses your RAM since it has no own memory. There is little you can do about it since you seem to have an Acer laptop. In a desktop you could use a dedicated graphics card with own memory. But in a laptop that is not possible.
You could upgrade your RAM to 4GBs - then you would end up with about 3.2GBs useable.

 

[ritesh]

OK, that is an on-board graphic that uses your RAM since it has no own memory. There is little you can do about it since you seem to have an Acer laptop. In a desktop you could use a dedicated graphics card with own memory. But in a laptop that is not possible.
You could upgrade your RAM to 4GBs - then you would end up with about 3.2GBs useable.

Ok, I don't want to upgrade because I already did from 1Gb to 3Gb.

Anyway, is 2.30GB enough for my laptop to go fast and play games?

 

[Solarstarshines]

2.30 gb is fast enough but more ram will give better performance obviously but windows uses so much ram and the other components take the rest so most likly the rest of your memory is used to transfer and communicate faster to other devices

im running 8 gigs of ram but usable to the system itself is like 6.58 my vid card is a gigabyte so ther for the other gig went to my card the other ram went to hdd cpu ect nothing to worry about you will still see perfomance even though it doesn't say 3 gigs usable

 

[stormy13]

Anyway, is 2.30GB enough for my laptop go fast and play games?

Only if the game is solitaire. Despite the roses and sunshine Intel likes to spread around, the new CPU's with the integrated graphics (that is integrated into the cpu, not the motherboard) aren't very good. You laptop has the i3 330M and this is how well the integrated graphics does,

Notebookcheck: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD

The sad reality is that if you want to play games on a computer you either spend a small fortune on a laptop that actually has a decent graphics card in it to begin with (and that rules out anything with Intel graphics), or you get a desktop.

 

[whs]

I can only comfirm what was already said. For games, you have to get used to Hearts and alike. Anything that needs a decent graphics support is out. For that you really would need a desktop in the $800 to $1000 range.
Your laptop is good though for surfing the net and office applications as well as the usual stuff one does outside gaming.